College Physics

Table 13.2Thermal Expansion Coefficients at20ºC[1] Material Coefficient of linear expansion α(1 / ºC) Coefficient of volume expa ...

Although not large compared with the length of the bridge, this change in length is observable. It is generally spread over many ...

Figure 13.12The density of water as a function of temperature. Note that the thermal expansion is actually very small. The maxim ...

Vspill= ΔVgas− ΔVs. (13.13) Alternatively, we can combine these three equations into a single equation. (Note that the original ...

Figure 13.14Thermal stress contributes to the formation of potholes. (credit: Editor5807, Wikimedia Commons) Metal is regularly ...

13.3 The Ideal Gas Law Figure 13.16The air inside this hot air balloon flying over Putrajaya, Malaysia, is hotter than the ambie ...

Ideal Gas Law Theideal gas lawstates that PV=NkT, (13.18) wherePis the absolute pressure of a gas,Vis the volume it occupies,Nis ...

The final temperature is about 6% greater than the original temperature, so the final pressure is about 6% greater as well. Note ...

Figure 13.19How big is a mole? On a macroscopic level, one mole of table tennis balls would cover the Earth to a depth of about ...

The best way to approach this question is to think about what is happening. If the density drops to half its original value and ...

The Ideal Gas Law and Energy Let us now examine the role of energy in the behavior of gases. When you inflate a bike tire by han ...

Figure 13.20When a molecule collides with a rigid wall, the component of its momentum perpendicular to the wall is reversed. A f ...

Figure 13.21Gas in a box exerts an outward pressure on its walls. A molecule colliding with a rigid wall has the direction of it ...

(13.52) F=Nmv 2 3 l . The pressure isF/A,so that we obtain (13.53) P=F A =Nmv 2 3 Al =^1 3 Nmv^2 V , where we usedV=Alfor the vo ...

Substituting this mass and the value forkinto the equation forvrmsyields (13.61) vrms=^3 mkT= 3 ⎛⎝ 1 .38×10–^23 J/K⎞⎠(293 K) 4 . ...

Figure 13.24The Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution is shifted to higher speeds and is broadened at higher temperatures. What is the ...

Figure 13.25shows the impact of a lack of an atmosphere on the Moon. Because the gravitational pull of the Moon is much weaker, ...

Figure 13.27A sketch of volume versus temperature for a real gas at constant pressure. The linear (straight line) part of the gr ...

Figure 13.28PVdiagrams. (a) Each curve (isotherm) represents the relationship betweenPandVat a fixed temperature; the upper curv ...

Figure 13.29The phase diagram (PTgraph) for water. Note that the axes are nonlinear and the graph is not to scale. This graph is ...