Calorimetry And Thermal Expansion |
| Introduction
E5. A glass flask whose volume is exactly 1000 Cm2 at 00C is filled levelfull
of mercury at this temp. when the flask and mercury are heated to 100 0C 15 - 2 Cm2
of mercury overflow. The coefficiant of cubical expansion of Hg is 1.82 X 10-4 Compute the coefficiant of linear expansion of glass. Solution:- Hg overflow = 15 - 2 cm2 1000 (1 + ![]() ) - 1000(1 + g
) = 15 - 2 g = e - ![]() g = 0.00003 / 0C g = = 1 X 10-5 / 0C.E6. A pendulam clock loses 12 Sec. a day if the temperature is 40 0C and fast by 4 Sec. a day if the temperature is 20 0C . Find the temperature at which the clock will show correct time and the coefficiant of linear expansion of the metal of the pendulum shaft. Solution:- Time lost per day = 1/2 (40 - T) X 86400 = 12Time gained per day = 1/2 (T - 20) X 86400 = 4 = 1.85 X 10-5T = 25 0C. Medium:- M1. A versel is filled completely with 500 gm. of water and 1000 gm. of mercury. When 21200 cal. of heat is given to it , water of mass 3.52 g overflows. Calculate the coefficiant of volume expansion of mercury. The expansion of the versel way be neglected. Coefficiant of volume expansion of water = 1.5 x 10 -4 / 0C, density of mercury = 13.6 g/cc, density water = 1 gm / cc and specific heat of mercury = 0.03 cal/ g/0C. Solution:- Water overflow = final volume of water + final volume of Hg - final volume of versel. ![]() = 40 0C e = 1.84 X 10 -4 (0C) -1M2. a metallic slab weighs 50g in the air. If it is immersed in a liquid at a temperature 25 0C . It weighs 45g. When the temperature of the liquid is raised to 100 0C it weighs 45 - 1 gm. Calculate the coefficient of cubical expansion of liquid assuming the linear coefficient of the metal to be 12 X 10 -6 C -1. Solution:- V100 = V 25 ( 1 + (t 2 - t 1)) = 3 V25 - d25 = Loss of wt at 25 0C = 50 - 45 = 5 g V100 . d100 = Loss of wt at 100 0C = 50 - 45 - 1 = 4.9 g ![]() e = 3 X 10 -4 / 0C.M2. A clock with a brass pendulum shaft keeps correct time at a certain temperature. (a) How closely must be temperature controlled if the clock is not to be gain or lose more than 1 sec. a day ? Does the answer depend on the period of the pendulum. (b) Will an increase of temperature cause the clock to gain or lose ? ( brass
= 2 X 10 -5 / 0 C)Solution:- No. of seconds lost or gained per day = ![]() ![]() X 86400![]() |



) - 1000(1 + 
g =
= 1 X 10-5 / 0C.





