Homework Assignments PH 327 Spring 2010
For first day of class:Read parts
of Chapter 1 enough to bring to class Schroeder's definitions of a) temperature,
b) heat, and c) work.
Set 1. Due Thursday March 11, 2010
- 1.1, 1.2, 1.3 p. 5
- 1.7a) bulb OD 5.0 mm, bulb length 16 mm, column diameter 2/15
mm, dL/dT = 0.070 m/30K
- 1.12 p. 8
- 1.15. Measure basket diameter and balloon diameter with transparent
ruler. Take basket to be 2.0 m across, assume spherical balloon
Set 2. Due Tuesday March 16, 2010
- 1.16 p. 8
- 1.17 a) and b) p. 9
- 1.18, 1.20 p. 13
- 1.37, p. 26
Set 3. Due Monday March 22, 2010
- Problem 1.17 c) and d) p. 9
- Problem 1.22 a), b), c) and d) p. 14
- Problem 1.24 p. 17
- Problem 1.30 p. 20
- Problem 1.31 p. 22
Set 4. Due Monday March 29, 2010
- Problem 1.61, p. 40
- Problem 1.62, p. 40. You want net heat flow into an element of length
dx, in from the left, out at the right. This will cause a temperature change
within the length element
- Problem 1.64, p. 44
- Problem 2.2, p. 51
- Problem 2.8 p. 59. Do it for each solid having 12 oscillators, and
they share a total of 30 units of energy.
Exam 1
April 1, 2010
Set 5. Due Friday April 16, 2010
- Problem 3.24, p. 107
- Problem 3.32, p. 114
- Problem 3.36, p. 119
- Find the chemical potential of neon at 300 K and 150 kPa
Set 6. Due Monday April 26, 2010
- Prob. 4.3, p. 124
- Prob 4.5, p. 126
- Prob 4.10, p. 129
- Prob 4.11, p. 129
- Prob 4.20, p. 133
- Prob 4.22, p. 137
Set 7. Due Monday May 3, 2010
- Prob. 4.33, p. 143
- Prob 5.2, p. 152
- Prob 5.4, p. 155
- Prob 5.28, p. 171
- Prob 5.42, p. 177
Set 8. Due Monday May 10, 2010
- Prob. 6.3, p. 225
- Prob 6.6, p. 227
- Prob 6.11, p. 228
- Prob 6.12, p. 228
- Prob 6.15, p. 231
Set 9. Due Friday May 14, 2010
- Prob 6.23 p. 236 Rotational partition function of CO.
- Estimate the CO bond length from Appendix A Eq. A.21, and the given
energy constant
- Prob 6.39, p. 246. For part a) use Argon. Try Digits = 300 in Maple.
- Prob 6.47, p. 255 Freeze-out of tranlational degrees of freedom
- Calculate Cp for Br2, given its vibration at 370.48 cm^-1, and compare
to 36.02 J/K [Assume fully developed rotation and translation degrees of
freedom]
Exam 2 Tuesday
May 18, 2010
(Set 10. Due Friday May 17, 2010
- if time permits)
- Prob 7.19, p. 276 Degeneracy pressure in copper