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P. 4302. There is some Oxygen gas in a vertical, long enough, metal, cylinder, above a piston of mass m=60 kg, and of cross section A=2 dm2. The cylinder is closed at its top and the piston hangs on a thread of length 0=11.2 dm. The initial pressure and temperature of the gas are equal to the pressure and temperature outside the cylinder, p0=105 Pa T0=273 K, respectively. The wall of the cylinder is a good heat conductor, and the piston can move in the cylinder without friction. By what amount will the total energy of the system change if the thread breaks?

(4 points)

Deadline expired on 10 January 2011.

Google Translation (Sorry, the solution is published in Hungarian only.)

Megoldás. Mivel a gáz hõmérséklete a kezdeti és végállapotban megegyezik, csak a dugattyú helyzeti energiája változik, mégpedig $\displaystyle \Delta E=-\frac{mgl_0}{\frac{p_0 A}{mg}-1}$ értékkel.

Statistics on problem P. 4302.
 115 students sent a solution. 4 points: 83 students. 3 points: 5 students. 2 points: 22 students. 1 point: 2 students. 0 point: 1 student. Unfair, not evaluated: 2 solutions.

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