The final exam for INSA K13 class

Thermodynamics 1, times: 120 mins

(Students are not allowed to use any materials)
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Questions
1. An ice cube floats in a glass of water filled to the brim. What can you say about the density of
ice? As the ice melts, will the water overflow? Explain.
2.Explain in words why Cp is greater than Cv?
Exercises
1. A helium balloon has volume V0 and temperature T0 at sea level where the pressure is p0 and
the air density is 0. The balloon is allowed to float up in the air to altitude y where the temperature of
helium is T and the volume is V. Show that the volume occupied by the balloon is then

. Assume that the skin of the balloon

maintains the helium pressure at a constant factor of q times p

greater than the outside pressure and g, T are independent of 3
the y.
2. A closed cylindrical is divided into two parts by a
piston. The upper and lower parts of the cylindrical with a total 4
volume of 660 cm3, both contain the same gas, with the same 2
mass of the gas in the two parts. Keeping the two parts at a
temperature of T1 = T, the volume of the lower part is V 0 = 165 1
cm3. Increase the temperature of the two parts to T 2 = 2T,
O Fig. 3.1 V
calculate the volume of the lower part?
3. One mole of a diatomic ideal gas performs a cycle as

shown in Fig 3.1, processes 1-2 and 3-4 are adiabatic processes, , , the temperature in

the initial state t1 = 270C.

a.Calculate the temperature at the states?
b.Calculate the work and heat of the processes and of the cycle?
4. High-altitude mountain climbers do not eat snow, but always melt it first with a stove. To see
why, calculate the energy absorbed from your body if you
a. eat 1.0 kg of snow which your body warms to body temperature of 37°C.

b. melt 1.0 kg of snow using a stove and drink the resulting 1.0 kg of water at 2°C, which your

body has to warm to 37°C, with .

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