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This is a set of practice problems for the final exam. It is not meant to represent every topic and is not meant to be equivalent to a 2-hour exam. These problems have not been carefully tested and there may be errors and inconsistencies. For practice, work the problems closed book****.
- Four distinguishable atoms are confined to a box with two sections, as shown. The atoms can move between the sections. Section A has twice the volume of section B. In equilibrium, what is Pb, the probability that all of the atoms will be found in section B?
(a) Pb = 1/ (b) Pb = 1/ (c) Pb = 1/
- An ideal Carnot engine acting as a refrigerator extracts QC joules of heat from the food in the fridge and gives out QH joules of heat to the outside world. The increase of entropy of the outside world is exactly equal to the loss of the entropy by the food.
(a) True (b) False
- Show explicitly the relation of how an ideal Carnot engine leads to the answer you gave for question 2, i.e. show that the increase of entropy of the outside world is [or is not] exactly equal to the loss of the entropy by the food.
This will be discussed in the review.
- Two bricks with the same mass, M = 2 kg, and heat capacity, C = 2100 J/K, but different initial temperatures, T 1 = 20° C and T 2 = 50° C, are put in thermal contact with each other (but are isolated from the rest of the world). After the two-brick system reaches thermal equilibrium, by how much, ∆ S tot, has their total entropy changed?
a. ∆ S tot = 0.0 J/K b. ∆ S tot = 5 J/K c. ∆ S tot = 10 J/K d. ∆ S tot = 15 J/K e. ∆ S tot = 20 J/K
- The chemical potential is a measure of
a. the change of free energy as a particle is added to a system. b. the change of free energy as energy is added to a system. c. the change of potential energy when chemicals are mixed.
- If you double the absolute temperature of an ideal classical gas (at fixed volume), by what factor do you change the number of times per second that molecules hit the walls?
(a) 1 (b) 1. (c) 2 (d) 2. (e) 4
A B
- At high temperatures, an HCl gas molecule can dissociate to form individual hydrogen and chlorine atoms according to the reaction HCl → H + Cl. Which of the following correctly expresses the relationship between the chemical potentials of all three species?
a) μHCL = μH + μCl b) μHCL^2 = μH + μCl c) μHCL + μH = μCl d) μHCL + μH + μCl = 0 e) μHCL = μH = μCl
- Hydrogen atoms can combine to form an H 2 molecule according to the reaction H + H → H 2. By what factor would the equilibrium constant KH = nH^2 /nH2 change if the isotope deuterium were used (D + D→ D 2 )? Note that mD = 2mH and D 2 and H 2 have the same binding energy. KD/KH =
a) 0. b) 0. c) 0. d) 1. e) 2.
- A block of material has a temperature-dependent heat capacity given by C(T) = A T^3 where A is a constant.. How much does the entropy of this object change as its temperature is increased from Ti to Tf?
a) ½ A (Ti -Tf )^2 b) A (Ti -Tf ) c) 1/3 A (Ti^3 -Tf 3 )
The next two questions pertain to the following.
A cylindrical pump contains one mole of an ideal gas. The piston fits tightly so that no gas escapes, but friction is negligible between the piston and the cylinder walls. The pump is (completely) thermally insulated from its surroundings. The piston is slowly pressed inward as indicated in the diagram.
- What will happen to the temperature of the gas?
(a) The temperature of the gas increases. (b) The temperature of the gas decreases. (c) The temperature of the gas does not change.
- What will happen to the entropy of the gas?
(a) The entropy of the gas increases. (b) The entropy of the gas decreases. (c) The entropy of the gas does not change.
The next 4 questions concern a system of 4 distinguishable spins, each with magnetic moment μμ μμ = 9 x 10-23^ J/T.
- How many available microstates are there for this spin system in zero magnetic field?
(a) 4 (b) 8 (c) 16
- What is the entropy of the spins in the macrostate with zero total magnetic moment?
(a) σ = 0 (b) σ = 0. (c) σ = 1. (d) σ = 1. (e) σ = 3.
- How many distinct energy levels are there for the 4-spin system in a magnetic field?
(a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 16
- Now the spins are allowed to contact a thermal reservoir at T = 10 K, and the magnetic field is turned up to B = 1 Tesla. Calculate the following ratio of probabilities: R = P(all spins parallel to B) / P(all spins antiparallel to B)
(a) R = 7. (b) R = 13. (c) R = 64 (d) R = 144 (e) R = 184
- A particular molecule has three states, with energy spacing ε = 10-20^ J, as shown. At 1000K, what is P 0 , the probability that the molecule is in the ground state?
(a) P 0 = 0. (b) P 0 = 0. (c) P 0 = 0. (d) P 0 = 0. (e) P 0 = 1.
- At what altitude is the atmospheric pressure of oxygen (molar mass = 32 g/mol) only 10% of that on the surface of the earth? (Assume T = 250K everywhere)
(a) 15.3 km (b) 17.5 km (c) 21.3 km (d) 25.1 km (e) 27.3 km
- A sample of N 2 gas, initially with volume Vi = 0.5 m^3 and temperature Ti = 300 K, expands adiabatically to Vf = 1.2 m^3 , pushing on a piston. What is Tf, the final temperature of the N 2? Assume that nitrogen is an ideal diatomic gas.
(a) Tf = 125 K (b) Tf = 211 K (c) Tf = 258 K (d) Tf = 367 K (e) Tf = 426 K
- Six moles of an ideal monatomic gas is heated at constant volume from 300^0 K to 600oK. What is ∆S, the change in the entropy of the gas?
(a) ∆S = 51.8 J/K (b) ∆S = 98.7 J/K (c) ∆S = 149.6 J/K (d) ∆S = 212.4 J/K (e) ∆S = 1065 J/K
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