Textbook QuestionThe recommended pressure for inflation of an automobile tire is 35 psi. What is the pressure in units of mm Hg? 11 atm = 14.7 psi; 1 atm = 760 mm Hg2 (LO 10.1) (a) 3.9 * 105 mm Hg (b) 0.68 mm Hg (c) 3.2 * 102 mm Hg (d) 1.8 * 103 mm Hg422Has a video solution.
Textbook QuestionWhat is the pressure of the gas inside the bulb (atm) if the outside pressure is 0.92 atm? (a) 1.1 atm (b) 2.6 atm (c) 0.22 atm (d) 0.70 atm262Has a video solution.
Textbook Question(b) Explain why the stratosphere, which is about 35 km thick, has a smaller total mass than the troposphere, which is about 12 km thick.116Has a video solution.
Textbook Question(a) How are the boundaries between the regions of the atmosphere determined?114Has a video solution.
Textbook Question(b) Which units are appropriate for expressing atmospheric pressures, N, Pa, atm, kg>m2?262Has a video solution.
Textbook QuestionA person weighing 75 kg is standing on a threelegged stool. The stool momentarily tilts so that the entire weight is on one foot. If the contact area of each foot is 5.0 cm2, calculate the pressure exerted on the underlying surface in (c) pounds per square inch279Has a video solution.
Textbook QuestionA person weighing 75 kg is standing on a threelegged stool. The stool momentarily tilts so that the entire weight is on one foot. If the contact area of each foot is 5.0 cm2, calculate the pressure exerted on the underlying surface in (a) bars186Has a video solution.
Textbook QuestionA set of bookshelves rests on a hard floor surface on four legs, each having a cross-sectional dimension of 3.0 x 4.1 in contact with the floor. The total mass of the shelves plus the books stacked on them is 266 kg.Calculate the pressure in pascals exerted by the shelf footings on the surface.16Has a video solution.
Textbook Question(b) What pressure, in atmospheres, is exerted on the body of a diver if she is 10 m below the surface of the water when the atmospheric pressure is 100 kPa? Assume that the density of the water is 1.00 5 1.00 3 103 kg/m3. The gravitational constant is 9.81 m/s2, and 1 Pa 5 1 kg/ms21308Has a video solution.
Textbook Question(a) How high in meters must a column of ethanol be to exert a pressure equal to that of a 100-mm column of mercury? The density of ethanol is 0.79 g/mL, whereas that of mercury is 13.6 g/mL. Assume that the density of the water is 1.00 5 1.00 3 103 kg/m3. The gravitational constant is 9.81 m/s2, and 1 Pa 5 1 kg/ms2.241Has a video solution.
Textbook Question(a) The compound 1-iodododecane is a nonvolatile liquid with a density of 1.20 g>mL. The density of mercury is 13.6 g>mL. What do you predict for the height of a barometer column based on 1-iodododecane, when the atmospheric pressure is 749 torr?2611Has a video solution.
Textbook QuestionThe highest barometric pressure ever recorded was 823.7 torr at Agata in Siberia, Russia on December 31, 1968. Convert this pressure to (e) psi.295Has a video solution.
Textbook QuestionThe highest barometric pressure ever recorded was 823.7 torr at Agata in Siberia, Russia on December 31, 1968. Convert this pressure to (d) bars.490Has a video solution.
Textbook QuestionThe highest barometric pressure ever recorded was 823.7 torr at Agata in Siberia, Russia on December 31, 1968. Convert this pressure to (c) pascals.476Has a video solution.
Textbook QuestionPerform the following conversions: (d) 1.323 * 105 Pa to atmospheres278Has a video solution.
Textbook QuestionPerform the following conversions: (b) 0.685 bar to kilopascals187Has a video solution.
Textbook QuestionHurricane Wilma of 2005 is the most intense hurricane on record in the Atlantic basin, with a low-pressure reading of 882 mbar (millibars). Convert this reading into (c) inches of Hg.286Has a video solution.
Textbook QuestionHurricane Wilma of 2005 is the most intense hurricane on record in the Atlantic basin, with a low-pressure reading of 882 mbar (millibars). Convert this reading into (b) torr.272Has a video solution.
Textbook QuestionHurricane Wilma of 2005 is the most intense hurricane on record in the Atlantic basin, with a low-pressure reading of 882 mbar (millibars). Convert this reading into (a) atmospheres.198Has a video solution.
Textbook QuestionA glass tube has one end in a dish of mercury and the other end closed by a stopcock. The distance from the surface of the mercury to the bottom of the stopcock is 850 mm. The apparatus is at 25 °C, and the mercury level in the tube is the same as that in the dish. (a) Show on drawing (1) what the approximate level of mercury in the tube will be when the temperature of the entire apparatus is lowered from +25 °C to -25 °C.147Has a video solution.
Textbook QuestionIf the atmospheric pressure is 0.995 atm, what is the pressure of the enclosed gas in each of the three cases depicted in the drawing? Assume that the gray liquid is mercury. (i) 779Has a video solution.
Textbook QuestionIf the atmospheric pressure is 0.995 atm, what is the pressure of the enclosed gas in each of the three cases depicted in the drawing? Assume that the gray liquid is mercury. (ii) 299Has a video solution.
Textbook QuestionAn open-end manometer containing mercury is connected to a container of gas, as depicted in Sample Exercise 10.2. What is the pressure of the enclosed gas in torr in each of the following situations? (a) The mercury in the arm attached to the gas is 15.4 mm higher than in the one open to the atmosphere; atmospheric pressure is 0.985 atm.409Has a video solution.
Textbook QuestionThe pressure in Denver, Colorado (elevation 5280 ft), averages about 24.9 in Hg. Convert this pressure to each indicated unit. d. Pa5386Has a video solution.
Textbook QuestionThe pressure in Denver, Colorado (elevation 5280 ft), averages about 24.9 in Hg. Convert this pressure to each indicated unit. c. psi398Has a video solution.
Textbook QuestionThe pressure in Denver, Colorado (elevation 5280 ft), averages about 24.9 in Hg. Convert this pressure to each indicated unit. b. mmHg208Has a video solution.
Textbook QuestionThe pressure in Denver, Colorado (elevation 5280 ft), averages about 24.9 in Hg. Convert this pressure to each indicated unit. a. atm287Has a video solution.
Textbook QuestionThe pressure on top of Mount Everest (29,029 ft) averages about 235 mmHg. Convert this pressure to each indicated unit. a. torr b. psi c. in Hg d. atm2041Has a video solution.
Textbook QuestionThe North American record for highest recorded barometric pressure is 31.85 in Hg, set in 1989 in Northway, Alaska. Convert this pressure to each indicated unit. a. mmHg1617Has a video solution.
Textbook QuestionThe world record for lowest pressure (at sea level) was 652.5 mmHg recorded inside Typhoon Tip on October 12, 1979, in the western Pacific Ocean. Convert this pressure to each indicated unit. d. psi348Has a video solution.
Textbook QuestionThe world record for lowest pressure (at sea level) was 652.5 mmHg recorded inside Typhoon Tip on October 12, 1979, in the western Pacific Ocean. Convert this pressure to each indicated unit. b. atm2212Has a video solution.
Textbook Question(d) If you measure pressure in bars instead of atmospheres, calculate the corresponding value of R in L-bar/mol-K.594Has a video solution.
Textbook QuestionGiven a barometric pressure of 751.5 mmHg, calculate the pressure of each gas sample as indicated by the manometer. (b)221Has a video solution.
Textbook QuestionGiven a barometric pressure of 751.5 mmHg, calculate the pressure of each gas sample as indicated by the manometer. (a) 1488Has a video solution.
Textbook QuestionYet another common measure of pressure is the unit pounds per square inch (psi). How many pounds per square inch correspond to 1.00 atm? To 1.00 mm Hg?4791Has a video solution.
Textbook QuestionIf the density of water is 1.00 g/mL and the density of mercury is 13.6 g/mL, how high a column of water in meters can be supported by standard atmospheric pressure? By 1 bar?356Has a video solution.
Textbook QuestionAtmospheric pressure at the top of Pikes Peak in Colorado is approximately 480 mm Hg. Convert this value to atmospheres and to pascals.673Has a video solution.
Textbook QuestionWhat is the pressure in millimeters of mercury inside a container of gas connected to a mercury-filled open-end manometer of the sort shown in Figure 10.5 when the level in the arm connected to the container is 17.6 cm lower than the level in the arm open to the atmosphere and the atmospheric pressure reading outside the apparatus is 754.3 mm Hg?488Has a video solution.
Textbook QuestionWhat is the pressure in atmospheres inside a container of gas connected to a mercury-filled open-end manometer when the level in the arm connected to the container is 28.3 cm higher than the level in the arm open to the atmosphere and the atmospheric pressure reading outside the apparatus is 1.021 atm?372Has a video solution.
Textbook QuestionAssume that you have an open-end manometer filled with ethyl alcohol 1density = 0.7893 g>mL at 20 °C2 rather than mercury 1density = 13.546 g>mL at 20 °C2. What is the pressure in pascals if the level in the arm open to the atmosphere is 55.1 cm higher than the level in the arm connected to the gas sample and the atmospheric pressure reading is 752.3 mm Hg?255Has a video solution.
Textbook QuestionTorricelli, who invented the barometer, used mercury in its construction because mercury has a very high density, which makes it possible to make a more compact barometer than one based on a less dense fluid. Calculate the density of mercury using the observation that the column of mercury is 760 mm high when the atmospheric pressure is 1.01 * 105 Pa. Assume the tube containing the mercury is a cylinder with a constant cross-sectional area.369Has a video solution.
Textbook QuestionAn ordinary gasoline can measuring 30.0 cm by 20.0 cm by 15.0 cm is evacuated with a vacuum pump. Assuming that virtually all of the air can be removed from inside the can and that atmospheric pressure is 14.7 psi, what is the total force (in pounds) on the surface of the can? Do you think that the can could withstand the force?717Has a video solution.
Textbook QuestionName the regions of the atmosphere. What property is used to distinguish between different regions of the atmosphere?100Has a video solution.
Textbook QuestionThe troposphere contains about three quarters of the mass of the entire atmosphere. The troposphere is only 12 km thick while the whole atmosphere is about 120 km thick. Explain why the troposphere contains such a large fraction of the total mass.192Has a video solution.
Textbook QuestionPakistan's K2 is the world's second-tallest mountain, with an altitude of 28,251 ft. Its base camp, where climbers stop to acclimate, is located about 16,400 ft above sea level. (a) Approximate atmospheric pressure P at different altitudes is given by the equation P = e-h>7000, where P is in atmospheres and h is the altitude in meters. What is the approximate atmospheric pressure in mm Hg at K2 base camp?459Has a video solution.
Open QuestionWhat is the pressure (in atmospheres) of the gas inside the container connected to an open-end, mercury-filled manometer as shown in the picture? (Figure 1) The atmospheric pressure is 0.95 atm.24Has a video solution.
