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1 .      

A mass is placed on a container (the dimension you cannot see has a length of 28 cm) filled with a gas as shown in the animation (pressure is given in atmospheres, position is in centimeters, and time is in seconds). What is the work done by the gas? Start

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2 .      

A mass is pushed downward on top of a container (the dimension you cannot see has a length of 28 cm) filled with a gas that undergoes a temperature change as shown in the animation (pressure is given in atmospheres, position is in centimeters, and time is in seconds). What is the work done by the gas? Start

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3 .      

A mass is pushed downward on top of a container (the dimension you cannot see has a length of 28 cm) filled with 0.3 moles of an ideal gas as shown in the animation (pressure is given in atmospheres, position is in centimeters, and time is in seconds). What is the work done by the gas? Start

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4 .      

A mass is placed on a container (the dimension you cannot see has a length of 28 cm)  filled with a gas as shown in the animation (pressure is given in atmospheres, position is in centimeters, and time is in seconds). What is the heat gained or lost by the gas? Start

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5 .      

A mass is pushed downward on top of a container (the dimension you cannot see has a length of 28 cm) filled with 3 moles of an ideal monatomic gas that undergoes a temperature change as shown in the animation (pressure is given in atmospheres, position is in centimeters, and time is in seconds). What is the heat gained or lost by the gas? Start

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A 2 kg hammer strikes a 1.5 gram iron  nail (c = 450 J/ kg . Co) at 300K as shown in the animation (position given in centimeters and time is in seconds). Assuming that all of the energy is absorbed by the nail, estimate the change in entropy of the nail.   Start

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7 .      

A mass is placed on a container (the dimension you cannot see has a length of 28 cm) filled with 0.3 moles of an ideal gas as shown in the animation (pressure is given in atmospheres, position is in centimeters, and time is in seconds). What is the change of entropy of the gas? Start

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8 .      

A mass is placed on a container (the dimension you cannot see has a length of 28 cm)  filled with a gas as shown in the animation (pressure is given in atmospheres, position is in centimeters, and time is in seconds). What is the entropy change of the gas? Start

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9 .      

A mass is placed on a container (the dimension you cannot see has a length of 28 cm) filled with 3 moles of an ideal monatomic gas that undergoes a temperature change as shown in the animation (pressure is given in atmospheres, position is in centimeters, and time is in seconds). What is the entropy change of the gas? Start

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10 .      

A mass is placed on a container (the dimension you cannot see has a length of 28 cm) filled with 3 moles of an ideal monatomic gas that undergoes a temperature change as shown in the animation (pressure is given in atmospheres, position is in centimeters, and time is in seconds). What is the entropy change of the gas? Start

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11 .      

 

A heavy ball with an initial kinetic energy of 4000 J is trapped inside a box with rigid walls containing a cylinder constructed of small light-weight spheres.  The ball crashes into the cylinder and breaks it apart.  The bar graph at the right, as well as the table at the bottom, displays the kinetic energy of the ball.

Do you think it is possible to recollect all the energy from the spheres and transfer it back into the red ball without an external interaction?   Note: Simulation will run for about 20 seconds. Start

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