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PHY 1122 - Midterm 2

The document presents a series of physics problems involving thermodynamics, electrostatics, and mechanics, including calculations related to the cooling of argon gas, changes in entropy for lead, adiabatic expansion of gases, electric fields, and projectile motion of protons. Each problem requires specific formulas and principles to determine quantities such as volume, internal energy, heat transfer, and electric charge. The problems cover a range of topics suitable for advanced physics students or professionals.

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PHY 1122 - Midterm 2

The document presents a series of physics problems involving thermodynamics, electrostatics, and mechanics, including calculations related to the cooling of argon gas, changes in entropy for lead, adiabatic expansion of gases, electric fields, and projectile motion of protons. Each problem requires specific formulas and principles to determine quantities such as volume, internal energy, heat transfer, and electric charge. The problems cover a range of topics suitable for advanced physics students or professionals.

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A rigid tank of small mass contains 40.0 g of argon, initially at 200ºC and 100 kPa.

The tank is placed into


a reservoir at 0ºC and allowed to cool to thermal equilibrium. Calculate (a) the volume of the tank, (b) the
change of the internal energy of the argon, (c) the energy transferred by heat, (d) the change in entropy of
the argon, and (e) the change in entropy of the constant temperature bath.
a)
100 grams of molten lead at 600ºC is used to make musket balls. If the lead shot is allowed to
cool to room temperature of 21ºC, what is the change in entropy (in J/K) of the lead? The
specific heat of lead is 0.129 J/g⋅Cº.
100 grams of molten lead at 600ºC is used to make musket balls. If the lead shot is allowed to
cool to room temperature of 21ºC, what is the change in entropy (in J/K) of the atmosphere?
The specific heat of lead is 0.129 J/g⋅Cº.

In an adiabatic free expansion, 8.7 mol of ideal gas at 450 K expand 10-fold in volume. How
much energy becomes unavailable to do work?
A uniform electric field 3.6 × 106 V/m was created in oil of density 800 kg/m3 . A charged
sphere of the radius 5 mm and the density 8600 kg/m3 is placed in this oil. Determine the
charge of this sphere if it remains at rest in the oil.
A uniformly charged rod (length = 2.0 m, charge per unit length = 5.0 nC/m) is bent to form one
quadrant of a circle. What is the magnitude of the electric field at the center of the circle?
A small sphere of mass m and carrying a charge q is suspended from one end of a massless,
conducting thread. The other end of the thread is attached to the highest point of a ring of radius
R. The ring is in the vertical plane and is made of a stiff wire. The ring carries charge Q of the
same sign as that of the charge q. Find the length of the thread l such that the sphere, after
being deflected from its original lower position, found itself in a new equilibrium position located
exactly at the axis of the ring, which is perpendicular to the plane of the ring. Find l if m = 1.0 g,
q = 8 × 10-8 C, Q = 9 × 10-8 C, and R = 5.0 cm.
Protons are projected with an initial speed υi = 9.55 × 103 m/s into a region where a uniform
electric field E = (−720j) N/C is present, as shown in the figure above. The protons are to hit a
target that lies at a horizontal distance of 1.27 mm from the point where the protons are
launched. Find (a) the two projection angles θ that result in a hit and (b) the total time of flight for
each trajectory.
The electric field just outside the surface of a hollow conducting sphere of radius 20 cm has a
magnitude of 500 N/C and is directed outward. An unknown charge Q is introduced into the
center of the sphere and it is noted that the electric field is still directed outward but has
decreased to 100 N/C. What is the
magnitude of the charge Q?

Identical 50 µC charges are fixed on the x-axis at x = ±3.0 m. A particle (q = −20 µC) is released
from rest on the y-axis at y = 4.0 m. What is the kinetic energy of the particle after it has moved
4.0 m?
The voltage between the cathode and the screen of a television set is 22 kV. If we assume a
speed of zero for an electron as it leaves the cathode, what is its speed just before it hits the
screen?
A charge of 20 nC is distributed uniformly along the x-axis from x = −2 m to x = +2.0 m. What is
the electric potential (relative to zero at infinity) at the point x = 5.0 m on the xaxis?

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