An Introduction to Thermal Physics
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Author: Daniel V. Schroeder
Publisher: Addison Wesley
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Chapter 5.5, Problem 79P
Most pasta recipes instruct you to add a teaspoon of salt to a pot of boiling water. Does this have a significant effect on the boiling temperature? Justify your answer with a rough numerical estimate.
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An Introduction to Thermal Physics
Ch. 5.1 - Prob. 1PCh. 5.1 - Consider the production of ammonia from nitrogen...Ch. 5.1 - Prob. 3PCh. 5.1 - Prob. 4PCh. 5.1 - Consider a fuel cell that uses methane (natural...Ch. 5.1 - Prob. 6PCh. 5.1 - The metabolism of a glucose molecule (see previous...Ch. 5.1 - Derive the thermodynamic identity for G (equation...Ch. 5.1 - Sketch a qualitatively accurate graph of G vs. T...Ch. 5.1 - Suppose you have a mole of water at 25C and...
Ch. 5.1 - Suppose that a hydrogen fuel cell, as described in...Ch. 5.1 - Prob. 12PCh. 5.1 - Prob. 13PCh. 5.1 - Prob. 14PCh. 5.1 - Prob. 15PCh. 5.1 - Prob. 16PCh. 5.1 - Prob. 17PCh. 5.2 - Prob. 18PCh. 5.2 - In the previous section 1 derived the formula...Ch. 5.2 - Prob. 20PCh. 5.2 - Is heat capacity (C) extensive or intensive? What...Ch. 5.2 - Prob. 22PCh. 5.2 - Prob. 23PCh. 5.3 - Go through the arithmetic to verify that diamond...Ch. 5.3 - Prob. 25PCh. 5.3 - How can diamond ever be more stable than graphite,...Ch. 5.3 - Prob. 27PCh. 5.3 - Calcium carbonate, CaCO3, has two common...Ch. 5.3 - Aluminum silicate, Al2SiO5, has three different...Ch. 5.3 - Sketch qualitatively accurate graphs of G vs. T...Ch. 5.3 - Sketch qualitatively accurate graphs of G vs. P...Ch. 5.3 - The density of ice is 917kg/m3. (a) Use the...Ch. 5.3 - An inventor proposes to make a heat engine using...Ch. 5.3 - Below 0.3 K the Slope of the 3He solid–liquid...Ch. 5.3 - Prob. 35PCh. 5.3 - Effect of altitude on boiling water. (a) Use the...Ch. 5.3 - Prob. 37PCh. 5.3 - Prob. 38PCh. 5.3 - Prob. 39PCh. 5.3 - The methods of this section can also be applied to...Ch. 5.3 - Suppose you have a liquid (say, water) in...Ch. 5.3 - Ordinarily, the partial pressure of water vapor in...Ch. 5.3 - Assume that the air you exhale is at 35C, with a...Ch. 5.3 - Prob. 44PCh. 5.3 - Prob. 46PCh. 5.3 - Prob. 47PCh. 5.3 - Prob. 48PCh. 5.3 - Prob. 49PCh. 5.3 - The compression factor of a fluid is defined as...Ch. 5.3 - Prob. 51PCh. 5.3 - Prob. 52PCh. 5.3 - Repeat the preceding problem for T/Tc=0.8.Ch. 5.3 - Prob. 54PCh. 5.3 - Prob. 55PCh. 5.4 - Prove that the entropy of mixing of an ideal...Ch. 5.4 - In this problem you will model the mixing energy...Ch. 5.4 - Suppose you cool a mixture of 50% nitrogen and 50%...Ch. 5.4 - Suppose you start with a liquid mixture of 60%...Ch. 5.4 - Suppose you need a tank of oxygen that is 95%...Ch. 5.4 - Prob. 62PCh. 5.4 - Everything in this section assumes that the total...Ch. 5.4 - Figure 5.32 shows the phase diagram of plagioclase...Ch. 5.4 - Prob. 65PCh. 5.4 - Prob. 66PCh. 5.4 - Prob. 67PCh. 5.4 - Plumbers solder is composed of 67% lead and 33%...Ch. 5.4 - What happens when you spread salt crystals over an...Ch. 5.4 - What happens when you add salt to the ice bath in...Ch. 5.4 - Figure 5.35 (left) shows the free energy curves at...Ch. 5.4 - Repeat the previous problem for the diagram in...Ch. 5.5 - If expression 5.68 is correct, it must be...Ch. 5.5 - Prob. 74PCh. 5.5 - Compare expression 5.68 for the Gibbs free energy...Ch. 5.5 - Seawater has a salinity of 3.5%, meaning that if...Ch. 5.5 - Osmotic pressure measurements can be used to...Ch. 5.5 - Because osmotic pressures can be quite large, you...Ch. 5.5 - Most pasta recipes instruct you to add a teaspoon...Ch. 5.5 - Use the Clausius–Clapeyron relation to derive...Ch. 5.5 - Prob. 81PCh. 5.5 - Use the result of the previous problem to...Ch. 5.6 - Prob. 83PCh. 5.6 - Prob. 84PCh. 5.6 - Prob. 85PCh. 5.6 - Prob. 86PCh. 5.6 - Sulfuric acid, H2SO4, readily dissociates into H+...Ch. 5.6 - Prob. 88PCh. 5.6 - Prob. 89PCh. 5.6 - When solid quartz dissolves in water, it combines...Ch. 5.6 - When carbon dioxide dissolves in water,...Ch. 5.6 - Prob. 92P
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