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Question 1(10 marks)
Comment the following statements
(a) The volume coefficient of thermal expansion of water is negative for temperatures in the range 0 to 4 °C.
(b) The triple point of water, 0.01 °C, and 611.73 Pa, is one of the primary fixed points on the Kelvin absolute temperature scale.
(c) The volume coefficient for the thermal expansion of a solid is twice the linear coefficient for thermal expansion.
(d) A temperature of 26.85 °C is the same as 300 K.
(e) The surface temperature of the sun (3142 °C) is the highest temperature found in nature.

Question 2 (10 marks)
A sample of an unknown gas (gas A) has a volume of 3.2 m3 at a temperature of 10 °C. Another sample of an unknown gas (gas B) has a volume of 4.5 m3 at a …show more content…

(b) What is the required capacitance of the defibrillator?

Question 8 (15 marks)
In a region of space there is a uniform magnetic field of magnitude 0.25mT pointing vertically straight down.
(a) If an electron is moving in the horizontal plane at a speed of 550 kms−1, what will the radius of the resultant circular path be?
(b) Will the electron be moving clockwise or counter-clockwise when viewed from above?
(c) If a positron (same mass as an electron but with a charge of +qe ) is moving in the horizontal plane at speed of 550 kms−1, what will the radius of the resultant circular path be?
(d) Will the positron be moving clockwise or counter-clockwise when viewed from above?
(e) How fast would an  particle () need to be travelling to have a path of the same radius as the electron in part

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