Chapter 19: Answers to Stop to Think Questions and Odd-Numbered Exercises and Problems

Stop to Think Questions

  1. 1. a. The piston does work W on the gas. There’s no heat because of the insulation, and ΔEmech=0 because the gas as a whole doesn’t move. Thus ΔEth=W>0. The work increases the system’s thermal energy and thus raises its temperature.

  2. 2. d. WA=0 because A is an isochoric process. WB=W1 to 2+W2 to 3. W2 to 3>W1 to 2 because there’s more area under the curve, and W2 to 3 is positive whereas W1 to 2 is negative. Thus WB is positive.

  3. 3. b and e. The temperature rises in d from doing work on the gas (ΔEth=W), not from heat. e involves heat because there is a temperature difference. The temperature of the gas doesn’t change because the heat is used to do the work of lifting a weight.

  4. 4. c. The temperature increases so Eth must increase. W is negative in an expansion, so Q must be positive and larger than | W |.

  5. 5. a. A has a smaller specific heat and thus less thermal inertia. The temperature of A will change more than the temperature of B.

  6. 6. a. WA+QA=WB+QB. The area under process A is larger than the area under B, so WA is more negative than WB. QA has to be more positive than QB to maintain the equality.

  7. 7. c. Conduction, convection, and evaporation require matter. Only radiation transfers energy through the vacuum of space.

Exercises and Problems

  1. 1. 60 J

  2. 3. 200 cm3

  3. 5.

    1. 240 J

    2. 330 J

  4. 7.

    The figure illustrates an energy bar chart.

  5. 9.

    The figure illustrates an energy bar chart.
  6. 11. 500 kPa

  7. 13. 78 kJ

  8. 15. 6.9 kJ

  9. 17. 1200 W

  10. 19. 0.55°C

  11. 21. 522°F

  12. 23. 73.5°C

  13. 25. 40°C

  14. 27.

    • A: −1000 J,

    • B: 1400 J

  15. 29.

    1. 31 J

    2. 60° C

  16. 31.

    1. γ=ln(2.5)ln(2.0)=1.3

    2. 1.3

  17. 33. 16 kW

  18. 35. 5.8 s

  19. 37. 26 W

  20. 39. 16 kJ

  21. 41. 12 J/s

  22. 43. Aluminum

  23. 45. 2.8 atm

  24. 47.

    1. 140 J

    2. 0.4 L

  25. 49.

    1. 3500 Pa

    2. 4.9×1020 molecules

    3. 110°C

    4. 26 cm

    5. −0.57 J

  26. 51. 4.5×102 J

  27. 53.

    1. 250°C

    2. 33 cm

  28. 55.

  29. 57.

  30. 59. 2.3 mm

  31. 61.

  32. 63. 28°C

  33. 65.

  34. 67.

    1. 0.75 kg

    2. 23 h

  35. 69. −18°C

  36. 71. 83°C

  37. 73. 1100 K, 24 cm3

  38. 75.

    1. 0.0156 mol

  39. 77.

    1. Vmax/Vmin=5.18

  40. 79. 1.1×105 L

  41. 81. −41°C

  42. 83. 39 J