Showing posts with label heat capacity. Show all posts
Showing posts with label heat capacity. Show all posts

20191204

Physics quiz archive: temperature, thermal equilibrium, heat transfers

Physics 205A Quiz 7, fall semester 2019
Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo, CA
Sections 70854, 70855
Exam code: quiz07VlnC



Sections 70854, 70855 results
0- 6 :   * [low = 3]
7-12 :   **********
13-18 :   **************
19-24 :   ******************* [mean = 18.9 +/- 6.2]
25-30 :   ******* [high = 30]

20181205

Physics quiz archive: temperature, thermal equilibrium, heat transfers

Physics 205A Quiz 7, fall semester 2018
Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo, CA
Sections 70854, 70855, version 1
Exam code: quiz07PeA7



Sections 70854, 70855 results
0- 6 :   ** [low = 6]
7-12 :   ****
13-18 :   ***********
19-24 :   ********************** [mean = 20.8 +/- 6.0]
25-30 :   ************ [high = 30]

20171213

Physics quiz archive: temperature, thermal equilibrium, heat transfers

Physics 205A Quiz 7, fall semester 2017
Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo, CA
Sections 70854, 70855, version 1
Exam code: quiz07Whu7


Sections 70854, 70855 results
0- 6 :  
7-12 :   ******* [low = 9]
13-18 :   *************
19-24 :   ******************* [mean = 18.9 +/- 5.4]
25-30 :   *** [high = 27]

20161207

Physics quiz archive: temperature, thermal equilibrium, heat transfer

Physics 205A Quiz 7, fall semester 2016
Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo, CA
Sections 70854, 70855, 73320, version 1
Exam code: quiz07p4sT



Sections 70854, 70855, 73320 results
0- 6 :   * [low = 6]
7-12 :   *************
13-18 :   ***************
19-24 :   *************** [mean = 18.5 +/- 6.6]
25-30 :   ******** [high = 30]

20151211

Physics quiz archive: temperature, thermal equilibrium, heat transfer

Physics 205A Quiz 7, fall semester 2015
Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo, CA
Sections 70854, 70855, 73320, version 1
Exam code: quiz07zSOL



Sections 70854, 70855, 73320 results
0- 6 :   * [low = 3]
7-12 :   *****
13-18 :   *****************
19-24 :   ****************************** [mean = 21.2 +/- 5.6]
25-30 :   **************** [high = 30]

20141211

Physics quiz archive: temperature, thermal equilibrium, heat transfer

Physics 205A Quiz 7, fall semester 2014
Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo, CA
Sections 70854, 70855, 73320, version 1
Exam code: quiz07cO4t



Sections 70854, 70855, 73320 results
0- 6 :  
7-12 :   **** [low = 9]
13-18 :   *******
19-24 :   ******************** [mean = 24.2 +/- 5.5]
25-30 :   ********************** [high = 30]

20131211

Physics quiz archive: temperature, thermal equilibrium, heat transfer

Physics 205A Quiz 7, fall semester 2013
Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo, CA
Sections 70854, 70855, 73320, version 1
Exam code: quiz07b0o7



Sections 70854, 70855, 73320 results
0- 6 :   ** [low = 6]
7-12 :   ****
13-18 :   ****************************** [mean = 18.5 +/- 4.8]
19-24 :   ********************
25-30 :   *** [high = 30]

20121214

Physics quiz archive: temperature, thermal equilibrium, heat transfer

Physics 205A Quiz 7, fall semester 2012
Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo, CA
Sections 70854, 70855, version 1
Exam code: quiz07Di5k



Sections 70854, 70855 results
0- 6 : ***** [low = 3]
7-12 : ************
13-18 : ********************** [mean = 15.2 +/- 5.4]
19-24 : *********** [high = 24]
25-30 :

20111214

Physics quiz archive: temperature, thermal equilibrium, heat transfer

Physics 205A Quiz 7, fall semester 2011
Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo, CA

Sections 70854, 70855, version 1
Exam code: quiz07n0N3
Sections 70854, 70855 results
Quiz 7 results (max score = 30):
0- 6 : * [low = 6]
7-12 : ********
13-18 : *******************
19-24 : *************** [mean = 19.2 +/- 5.7]
25-30 : ********* [high = 30]

20080525

Physics clicker question: latent heat

Physics 5A, Spring Semester 2008
Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo, CA

Cf. Giambattista/Richardson/Richardson, Physics, 1/e, Multiple-Choice Question 14.4

Students were asked the following clicker question (Classroom Performance System, einstruction.com) near the start of their learning cycle:

[0.6 participation points.] The heat capacity of a material undergoing a phase change (such as melting/freezing, or boiling/condensing) is typically:
(A) 0.
(B) ∞.
(C) some finite number.
(D) (Not enough information is given.)
(E) (I'm lost, and don't know how to answer this.)

Sections 4987, 4988
(A) : 8 students
(B) : 7 students
(C) : 12 students
(D) : 1 student
(E) : 0 students

Correct answer: (B)

The heat capacity is given by:

C = Q/delta(T).

When heat is put into (or taken from) a system undergoing a phase change, the temperature remains constant, and thus the denominator is zero, making the heat capacity infinite. Thus a system undergoing a phase change cannot have a defined heat capacity, as the heat goes into breaking or making bonds, instead of increasing/decreasing the amount of thermal energy in the system. Instead, the latent heat is defined:

L = Q/m,

where m is the amount of material undergoing a phase change.

20071217

Physics clicker question: heat capacity during phase change

Physics 5A, Fall Semester 2007
Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo, CA

Cf. Giambattista/Richardson/Richardson, Physics, 1/e, Conceptual Question 13.11

Students were asked the following clicker question (Classroom Performance System, einstruction.com) at the beginning of their learning cycle:

[0.6 participation points.] The heat capacity of a material undergoing a phase change (such as melting/freezing, or boiling/condensing) is typically:
(A) zero.
(B) infinity.
(C) a finite number.
(D) (Not enough information is given.)
(E) (I'm lost, and don't know how to answer this.)

Sections 0906, 0907
(A) : 10 students
(B) : 12 students
(C) : 11 students
(D) : 0 students
(E) : 0 students

Correct answer: (B)

The heat capacity is defined as the ratio of the heat Q (put in) to the resulting temperature increase delta(T):

C = Q/delta(T).

But when heat is put into, or extracted from a system, its temperature remains constant, making delta(T) = 0, and thus its heat capacity will be undefined as it would approach infinity.

20071213

Physics clicker question, movie: Space Shuttle tile

Physics 5A, Fall Semester 2007
Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo, CA

Cf. Giambattista/Richardson/Richardson, Physics, 1/e, Conceptual Question 13.9 (extended)

Students were asked the following clicker question (Classroom Performance System, einstruction.com) at the beginning of their learning cycle:

[0.6 participation points.] A 50 g Space Shuttle heat tile, and a 50 g iron sample each absorb an equal amount of heat from a bunsen burner. Which sample will have a greater increase in temperature?
(A) Space Shuttle tile.
(B) 50 g iron sample.
(C) (Both samples will have approximately the same increase in temperature.)
(D) (I'm lost, and don't know how to answer this.)

Sections 0906, 0907
(A) : 0 students
(B) : 26 students
(C) : 3 students
(D) : 0 students

Correct answer: (B)

The heat capacity is defined as the ratio of the heat Q (put in) to the resulting temperature increase delta(T):

C = Q/delta(T).

The Space Shuttle TPS (thermal protection tile) has a larger heat capacity, as it experiences a small increase in temperature for a given amount of heat, while the iron sample has a smaller heat capacity, experiencing a large increase in temperature with the same amount of heat.


Space Shuttle Thermal Protection System (TPS) Tile
Posted by ntschke
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuSlkEob-3w

Do not touch the tile immediately after heating!