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Physical Chemistry Prob Set

This document contains homework problems from a physical chemistry class. It includes: 1) Estimating the critical temperature and molecular radii of a gas using its critical volume and pressure. 2) Expressing the van der Waals equation of state as a virial expansion and determining values of a and b for argon using measured virial coefficients. 3) Finding the relation between virial coefficients B and C in different expansions of the van der Waals equation. 4) Computing the second and third virial coefficients of argon at 300K using experimental data. 5) Calculating temperature, heat, work and internal energy changes for an ideal gas undergoing a thermodynamic cycle.

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Physical Chemistry Prob Set

This document contains homework problems from a physical chemistry class. It includes: 1) Estimating the critical temperature and molecular radii of a gas using its critical volume and pressure. 2) Expressing the van der Waals equation of state as a virial expansion and determining values of a and b for argon using measured virial coefficients. 3) Finding the relation between virial coefficients B and C in different expansions of the van der Waals equation. 4) Computing the second and third virial coefficients of argon at 300K using experimental data. 5) Calculating temperature, heat, work and internal energy changes for an ideal gas undergoing a thermodynamic cycle.

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< Homework 1>

1.12 The critical volume and critical pressure of a certain gas are 160 cm 3 mol1 and 40 atm,
respectively. Estimate the critical temperature by assuming that the gas obeys the Berthelot
equation of state. Estimate the radii of the gas molecules on the assumption that they are spheres.

1.15 Express the van der Waals equation of state as a virial expansion in powers of 1/Vm and
obtain expressions for B and C in terms of the parameters a and b. The expansion you will need is
(1 x)1 = 1 + x + x2 +. Measurements on argon gave
B = 21.7 cm3 mol1 and C = 1200 cm6 mol2 for the virial coefficients at 273 K. What are the
values of a and b in the corresponding van der Waals equation of state?

1.18 Equations 1.19a and 1.19b are expansions in p and 1/Vm, respectively. Find the relation
between B, C and B, C.

1.24 A substance as elementary and well known as argon still receives research attention.
Stewart and Jacobsen have published a review of thermodynamic properties of argon (R.B.
Stewart and RT. Jacobsen, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data 18, 639 (1989)) which included the following
300 K isotherm.

(a) Compute the second virial coefficient, B, at this temperature. (b) Use nonlinear curve-fitting
software to compute the third virial coefficient, C, at this temperature.
2.1 A sample consisting of 1 mol of perfect gas atoms (for which
) is taken through the
cycle shown in Fig. 2.33. (a) Determine the temperature at the points 1, 2, and 3. (b) Calculate q,
w, U, and H for each step and for the overall cycle. If a numerical answer cannot be obtained
from the information given, then write +, , 0, or ? as appropriate.

Figure 2.33

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