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Calculate the minimum amount of energy, in joules, required to completely melt of silver initially at . [Given for silver, specific heat capacity , and latent heat of fusion , melting point ]

Important Questions on Temperature, Heat, and the First Law of Thermodynamics
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A solid cylinder of radius length emissivity and temperature is suspended in an environment of temperature . What is the cylinder's net thermal radiation transfer rate If the cylinder is stretched until its radius is , its net thermal radiation transfer rate becomes . What is the ratio

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A gas within a closed chamber undergoes, the cycle shown in the diagram. The horizontal scale is set by . Calculate the net energy added to the system as a heat during one complete cycle.

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Two constant-volume gas thermometers are assembled, one with Nitrogen and the other with Hydrogen. Both contain enough gas so that .
(a) What is the difference between the pressures in the two thermometers if both the bulbs are in boiling water?
(b) Which gas is at higher pressure?

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Figure shows (in cross-section) a wall consisting of four layers, with thermal conductivities and is not known). The layer thicknesses are and is not known). The known temperatures are and . Energy transfer through the wall is steady. What is interface temperature

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On a linear temperature scale, water freezes at and boils at . On a linear temperature scale, water freezes at and boils at . A temperature of corresponds to what temperature on the scale?

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A sphere of radius temperature and emissivity is is located in an environment of temperature . At what rate does the sphere emit and absorb thermal radiation? What is the sphere's net change in energy in ?

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If you were to walk briefly in space without a spacesuit while far from the Sun (as an astronaut does in the movie A Space Odyssey), you would feel the cold of space - while you radiated energy, you would absorb almost none from your environment.
(a) At what rate would you lose energy?
(b) How much energy would you lose in ? Assume that your emissivity is and estimate other data needed in the calculations.

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Ice has formed on a shallow pond, and a steady-state has been reached, with the air above the ice at and the bottom of the pond at . If the total depth of ice and water is how thick is the ice? (Assume that the thermal conductivities of ice and water are and , respectively).
