Work, Enthalpy, and Internal Energy

Practice Questions

AP Physics 2 › Work, Enthalpy, and Internal Energy

Questions
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1

A gas with a fixed number of molecules has of work done on it, and of heat are transferred from the gas to the surroundings. What happens to the internal energy of the gas?

2

A piston is filled with methane at a pressure of with a current volume of . If the methane doubles in volume isobarically, how much work does the gas do on the surrounding environment?

3

In the cylinder of a certain internal combustion engine, the hot gas caused by the combustion of the fuel expands from to a volume of at a constant pressure of . How much work will the gas do on the piston during this expansion?

4

A system absorbs heat and has an equal amount of positive work done on it. What is the change in the internal energy of the system?

5

Determine the energy needed to bring a rigid metal can of volume from a pressure of to .

6

How much heat does it take to bring of ethanol from to a saturated vapor?

Use the following values for ethanol in your calculations:

7

If the volume of a balloon is expanded by against a constant external pressure of , how much heat energy would have to be added in order for the balloon to maintain the same temperature?

8

Suppose that a sample of an ideal, monatomic gas containing moles is held inside of a container at a temperature of Kelvin. What is the internal energy of this sample?

9

of nitrogen is allowed to expand from to at a constant temperature of . How much work does the gas do on the surroundings?

10

A gas has a constant pressure of as it expands by . What is the net work performed on the gas?

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