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A 100cm3box contains helium at a pressure of 2.0atmand a temperature of 100°C. It is placed in thermal contact with a200cm3box containing argon at a pressure of4.0atmand a temperature of 400°C.

a. What is the initial thermal energy of each gas?

b. What is the final thermal energy of each gas?

c. How much heat energy is transferred, and in which direction?

d. What is the final temperature?

e. What is the final pressure in each box?

Short Answer

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(A)The thermal energy of

EHe=30.4J

EAr=121.6J

(B)The final energy of helium is 152J

(C)The higher temperature of helium 16.8J

(D) The final temperature isT=580kor307°C

(E)The final pressure value of

localid="1648442827166" pHe=3.11atm

localid="1648442839674" pAr=3.45atm

Step by step solution

01

Introduction (part a)

a) The thermal energy can be represented as since the gases are monoatomic.

Eth=32nRT

The number of moles can be expressed using the ideal gas law.

pV=nRT⇒n=pVRT

The thermal energy will be

Eth=32pV

In our cases, we have

EHe=32·2×105·100×10-6=30.4J

EAr=32·4×105·200×10-6=121.6J

02

Expression of gas law (part b)

B) We may calculate the ratio of the number of moles of the two gases using the ideal gas law's equation for the number of moles.

nHenAr=0.5·0.50.5=0.5

That example, there are two times as many argon molecules as there are helium molecules.

The temperature as a function of thermal energy may be written as

T=2Eth3nR

Both gases will have the same temperature when they are in thermal equilibrium, which means the ratio of their thermal energy to their mole numbers will be the same. That is

EHenHe=EArnAr

This indicates that the final energy of the argon molecules will be twice that of the helium molecules in our situation. The sum of the two initial energies is the final total energy, according to the law of conservation of energy. As a result, we can locate

Etot=Ehe+Ear

=30.4+121.6

=152J

This means that the final energy of the argon will be 121.6J, while the final energy of the helium will be 30.4J.

03

Substitution 

Next step is to determine the number of moles of argon gas.

nar=ParVarRTar

=(4.0)(200)(8.31)(673)

=0.0145mol

After that, we need to determine the number of moles of helium gas.

nhe=PheVheRThe

=(2.0)(100)(8.31)(373)

=0.00654mol

04

Expression of helium gas (part c)

c) We can calculate the numerical value of the energy change using simple subtraction. Because argon has a higher temperature than helium, the energy was transferred from the former to the latter.

ΔE=Ehef-Ehei

=nhenhe+narEtot-Ehei

=0.006540.00654+0.0145(152)-30.4

=16.8J

05

Find the temperature value  (part d)

d) Knowing that the ratio of the number of moles was 2to 1, the temperature change also follows this pattern. This means that the increase in temperature for the helium was twice the decrease for the argon.

Ehe=32nheRT

We derive the numerical value of the final temperature by substituting values into the preceding equation.

47.3=32(0.00654)(8.31)T

When we simplify above relation for the final temperature, we get values of the:localid="1648442529072" T=580Kor307°C

06

Final pressure (part e)

e) By rearranging the formula that connects thermal energy to pressure, we arrive at

p=2Eth3V-----------(1)

We can calculate the final pressures using the final energy and volumes.

pHe=2EHe3VHe=2·503·100×10-6=3.11atm

pAr=2EAr3VAr=2·1003·200×10-6=3.45atm

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