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Chapter 15: Thermodynamics
40 problems · 4 figures15-1 §15.1 source ↗
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(a) , or
(b) 5.00%
15-7 §15.1 source ↗
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(a) 122 W
(b)
(c) Work done by the motor is ;thus the motor produces 7.67 times the work done by the man
15-9 §15.1 source ↗
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(a) 492 kJ
(b) This amount of heat is consistent with the fact that you warm quickly when exercising. Since the body is inefficient, the excess heat produced must be dissipated through sweating, breathing, etc.
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(a)
(b) . Yes, the answer is the same.
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Unreasonable Results
What is wrong with the claim that a cyclical heat engine does 4.00 kJ of work on an input of 24.0 kJ of heat transfer while 16.0 kJ of heat transfers to the environment?
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(a)
(b) 54.1%
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(a)
(b)
15-24 §15.3 source ↗
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(a)
(b) 0.667 barrels
15-26 §15.3 source ↗
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(a) , which is 3.32% of .
(b) , where the negative sign indicates a reduction in heat transfer to the environment.
15-28 §15.4 source ↗
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15-30 §15.4 source ↗
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(a)
(b)
(c)Yes, since automobiles engines cannot get too hot without overheating, their efficiency is limited.
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(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
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Unreasonable Results
Calculate the cold reservoir temperature of a steam engine that uses hot steam at and has a Carnot efficiency of 0.700. (b) What is unreasonable about the temperature? (c) Which premise is unreasonable?
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(a)
(b) The temperature is too cold for the output of a steam engine (the local environment). It is below the freezing point of water.
(c) The assumed efficiency is too high.
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(a) 4.61
(b)
(c) To transfer , heat pump costs $1.00, natural gas costs $1.34.
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15-45 §15.5 source ↗
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(a)
(b) 40 cents
(c) This cost seems quite realistic; it says that running an air conditioner all day would cost $9.59 (if it ran continuously).
15-47 §15.6 source ↗
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(a)
(b) In order to gain more energy, we must generate it from things within the house, like a heat pump, human bodies, and other appliances. As you know, we use a lot of energy to keep our houses warm in the winter because of the loss of heat to the outside.
15-49 §15.6 source ↗
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15-51 §15.6 source ↗
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(a)
(b)
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(a)
(b)
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(d)
15-57 §15.7 source ↗
| Macrostate | Number of microstates | |
|---|---|---|
| Heads | Tails | (W) |
| 100 | 0 | 1 |
| 99 | 1 | |
| 95 | 5 | |
| 90 | 10 | |
| 75 | 25 | |
| 60 | 40 | |
| 55 | 45 | |
| 51 | 49 | |
| 50 | 50 | |
| 49 | 51 | |
| 45 | 55 | |
| 40 | 60 | |
| 25 | 75 | |
| 10 | 90 | |
| 5 | 95 | |
| 1 | 99 | |
| 0 | 100 | 1 |
| Total: | ||
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15-59 §15.7 source ↗
| Macrostate | Number of microstates | |
|---|---|---|
| Heads | Tails | (W) |
| 100 | 0 | 1 |
| 99 | 1 | |
| 95 | 5 | |
| 90 | 10 | |
| 75 | 25 | |
| 60 | 40 | |
| 55 | 45 | |
| 51 | 49 | |
| 50 | 50 | |
| 49 | 51 | |
| 45 | 55 | |
| 40 | 60 | |
| 25 | 75 | |
| 10 | 90 | |
| 5 | 95 | |
| 1 | 99 | |
| 0 | 100 | 1 |
| Total: | ||
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(a)
(b) 24%
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(a)
(b) 5.6 times more likely
(c) If you were betting on two heads and 8 tails, the odds of breaking even are 252 to 45, so on average you would break even. So, no, you wouldn’t bet on odds of 252 to 45.
15-63 §15.7 source ↗
| Macrostate | Number of Microstates (W) | |
|---|---|---|
| Heads | Tails | |
| 10 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 1 | 10 |
| 8 | 2 | 45 |
| 7 | 3 | 120 |
| 6 | 4 | 210 |
| 5 | 5 | 252 |
| 4 | 6 | 210 |
| 3 | 7 | 120 |
| 2 | 8 | 45 |
| 1 | 9 | 10 |
| 0 | 10 | 1 |
| Total: 1024 | ||
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(b) 7
(c) 64
(d) 9.38%
(e) 3.33 times more likely (20 to 6)
AP Test Prep 15.1 §15.1 source ↗
- a.Nothing.
- b.The high temperature side expands, compressing the low temperature side.
- c.Heat moves from hot to cold, so the low temperature side will gradually increase in temperature and expand
- d.(b) happens quickly, but after that (c) happens more slowly.
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AP Test Prep 15.3 §15.1 source ↗
- a.20 J less
- b.20 J more
- c.620 J more
- d.620 J less
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AP Test Prep 15.5 §15.1 source ↗
- a.increases, increases
- b.increases, decreases
- c.decreases, increases
- d.decreases, decreases
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AP Test Prep 15.7 §15.2 source ↗
- a.4.5 × 103 J
- b.6.0 × 103 J
- c.6.9 × 103 J
- d.7.8 × 103 J
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AP Test Prep 15.9 §15.2 source ↗
A thermodynamic process begins at 1.2 × 106 N/m2 and 5 L. The state then changes to 1.2 × 106 N/m2 and 2 L. Next it becomes 2.2 × 106 N/m2 and 2 L. The next change is 2.2 × 106 N/m2 and 5 L. Finally, the system ends at 1.0 × 106 N/m2 and 5 L.
On Figure 15.40, this process is best described by
- a.EFCDB
- b.DEFCD
- c.CFABC
- d.CFABD
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AP Test Prep 15.11 §15.2 source ↗
- a.ABDA
- b.BCDB
- c.(a) and (b) are equal
- d.ADCBA
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AP Test Prep 15.13 §15.6 source ↗
- a.gained, gained, lost, lost
- b.gained, lost, lost, gained
- c.lost, gained, gained, lost
- d.lost, lost, gained, gained
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AP Test Prep 15.15 §15.7 source ↗
- a.The high temperature molecules push out the piston until their energy is reduced enough that the system is in equilibrium.
- b.The molecules with the highest temperature bounce off their neighbors, losing energy to them, and so on until the system is at a new equilibrium with the piston moved out.
- c.The molecules with the highest temperature bounce off their neighbors, losing energy to them, and so on until the system is at a new equilibrium with the piston where it started.
- d.The high temperature molecules push out the piston until their energy is reduced enough that the system is in equilibrium, and then the piston gets sucked back in.
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