PROBLEM SET 1 PHYS 104 17/18 SPRING SEMESTER

1. What is the name of the following statement: “When two systems are in thermal equilibrium
with a third system, then they are in thermal equilibrium with each other”?

(A) First Law of Thermodynamics (B) Second Law of Thermodynamics

(C) Mechanical equivalent of heat (D) Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics (E) None

2. A container filled with a sample of an ideal gas at the pressure of 1.5 atm. The gas is
compressed isothermally to one-fourth of its original volume. What is the new pressure of the
gas?

(A) 2 atm (B) 3 atm (C) 4 atm (D) 5 atm (E) 6 atm

3. The temperature of an ideal gas increases from 20 ̊C to 40 ̊C while the pressure stays the
same. What happens to the volume of the gas?

(A) It doubles (B) It quadruples (C) It is cut to one-half (D) It is cut to one-fourth

(E) it slightly increases

4. Internal energy of an ideal gas depends on:

(I) the volume of the ideal gas

(II) the pressure of the ideal gas

(III). the absolute temperature of the ideal gas

(A) I (B) II (C) III (D) I and II (E) I, II and III

5. If the size of the charge value is tripled for both of two point charges maintained at a constant
separation, the mutual force between them will be changed by what factor?

A. 9.0 B. 1/9 C. 3.0 D. 6.0 E. 0.33

6.

Charges Q, -Q, and q are placed at the vertices of an

equilateral triangle as shown left diagram. The t-total
force exerted on the charge q is;

(A) toward charge Q. (B) toward charge -Q.

(C) away from charge Q. (D) left. (E) right.

7.

Charges + Q and – 4Q are situated as shown above. The net electric field is zero nearest which
point?

(A) A (B) C (C) D (D) E (E) NONE

8. Two point charges are 4 cm apart. They are moved to a new separation of 2 cm. By what
factor does the resulting mutual force between them change?

A). 1/2 (B) 4 (C) 2 (D) 1 ( E) ¼

9. The constant “k” , which appears in Coulomb's law formula, is equivalent dimensionally to
which of the following?

(A). N⋅m/C (B). N/C2 (C).N/C (D).N⋅C2 /m2 (E) Nm2/C2

10. The electric field associated with a uniformly charged hollow metallic sphere is the greatest
at:

(A). the center of the sphere.

(B). the sphere's outer surface.

(C)the sphere's inner surface.

(D). points inside the sphere. .

(E)infinity
11.
One mole of monoatomic ideal gas undergoes
thermodynamic processes shown diagram on left
(process CA is isothermal).

a) Find TC.
b) Find VA.
c) Find net work done per cycle
d) Determine net heat added/removed to/from
system.
e) Determine net internal energy change per
cycle.

12.

q3 Four point charges are located on cartesian

q2
coordinate sysyem. If q1= q3=2nC and q2=
0.4 m q4=4nC

o
0.3 m x a) Find net force on q1.
0.3 m
b) Find electric field at O.
0.4 m
q4
q1

13.
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2 kg of water at 0oC is dropped into 3 kg of water at 100 oC.

(cwater =4186 J/kg oC ,cice=2093J/kg oC, Lf= 333,000 J/ kg, LV=2260 J/ kg)

a) Find final equilibrium temperature of water mixture.(4p)

b)When the water mixture reached to final equilibrium temperature, an unknown metal at
temperature of 50 oC and mass of 0,5 kg is droped into the mixtrue. It is observed that, the final
temperature of water mixture and metal is 40 oC. Calculate the specific heat capacity of metal.

15.

1 kg of ice at 0oC is dropped into 2 kg of water at 100 oC. Find final temperature of system.

cwater =4186 J/kg oC ,cice=2093J/kg oC, Lf= 333,000 J/ kg) (6p)

16.

q3 Four point charges are located on

q2
Cartesian coordinate system. If

q1 = q3 = 2 nC and q2 = q4 = 4 nC
0.3 m
(20 p)

Find net force on q1.

q4
0.4 m q1

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 P (Pa)

C D
20

10
B A

V (m3)

3 6

One mole of a monoatomic ideal gas undergoes thermodynamic processes as shown above
diagram.

a) Find TA, TB , TC and TD.

b) Find net work done per cycle.

c) Calculate total internal energy change and net added/ removed heat per cycle per cycle.

18. P(Pa)

c d
100
0

50 e

b a
30
n
0
V(m3)
20 50 Vd 120

One mol of a monoatomic gas undergoes above thermodynamic processes. (R=8,134 J /K mol)

a) Find Ta, Tb, Tc and Te. (2 p) b)Find Vd. (1p)

b) Find net work done at the end of processes. (4p)
c) Find net heat added/removed from the system.(3p)
 d) Find net internal energy change at the end of the processes. (2p)

(HINT: Process is not cyclic so ∆𝑼 ≠ 𝟎) (CV=3/2 R , CP=5/2 R)

19.

Show that β = 2λ where

γ: surface expansion coefficient and λ: linear expansion coefficient. (λ<<<< 1 and λ n ≈ 0
for n>1). (4p)

20.