Meteo 300 -- Introduction to the Atmospheric Sciences
Problem set #3 -- Thermodynamics, Part II

 

assigned: 24 September, 1999

due: 1 October, 1999

 
1.  The amount of gas in a cylinder is usually given as the total standard volume (volume at standard temperature and pressure, STP, which has P=1013 hPa, and T=273K.)  A cylinder of helium has an internal volume of 50 liters, and a pressure of 2600 p.s.i..
a.  What is the standard volume of helium in the cylinder?
b.  What is the mass of helium in the cylinder?

2.  W&H, 2.26
 
3.  W&H, 2.34