Physics 2

Chapter 18 problems

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18.16 Three moles of an ideal gas are in a rigid cubical box with sides of length
0.2m. (a) what is the force that the gas exerts on each of the six sides of the
box when the gas temperature is 20C? (b) What is the force when the
temperature of the gas is increased to 100C?

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18.36 The atmosphere of Mars is mostly CO2 (molar mass 44 g/mol) under a
pressure of 650 Pa, which we shall assume remains constant. In many places
the temperature varies from 0C in summer to -100C in winter. Over the
course of a martian year, what are the ranges of (a) the rms speeds of the CO2
molecules, and (b) the density (in mol/m3) of the atmosphere?

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18.41 (a) How much heat does it take to increase the temperature of 2.5 mol of
a diatomic gas by 30K near room temperature if the gas is held at constant
volume? (b) What is the answer to the question in part (a) if the gas is
monatomic rather than diatomic?

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