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A vertical hollow cylinder of height 1.52m is fitted with a movable piston of negligible mass and thickness l.the lower half of the cylinder contains an ideal gas and the upper half is filled with mercury .the cylinder is initially at 300k.when the temperature is raised half o the mercury comes out of the cylinder. Find the temperature assuming the thermal expansion of mercury to be negligible

A vertical hollow cylinder of height 1.52m is fitted with a movable piston of negligible mass and thickness l.the lower half of the cylinder contains an ideal gas and the upper half is filled with mercury .the cylinder is initially at 300k.when the temperature is raised half o the mercury comes out of the cylinder. Find the temperature assuming the thermal expansion of mercury to be negligible
 
 

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Vikas TU
14149 Points
4 years ago
Dear student 
Pressure of gas = pressure of Hg(mercury) + pressure of atmospheric air
Pressure of Gas = 76 cm of Hg + 76 cm of air.
Pressure of Gas P₁ = 152 cm.  Cylinder initial  (T₁) = 30  V = V₁ /2 , here V₁ is the volume of the cylinder.  V = 76/2 =38
After heating ,  Pressure of Gas = Pressure of Hg + Pressure of Atmospheric air
= 38 + 76
P₂= 114 cm.   , V₂ = 3V₁ /4
Now applying the Gas equation .    
= (152 x V₁) / 2 x 300 = [144 x (3V₁/4) ] / T₂
= (300 × 2 × 3 × 114) / 152 × 4
T₂ = 337.5 
 

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