Calorimetry

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Calorimetry: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as, Mixing of Liquid and Solid at Different Temperatures, Mixing of Liquid and Vapour at Different Temperatures, Mixing of Liquids at Different Temperatures & Joule's Experiment etc.

Important Questions on Calorimetry

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2 kg water at 100°C and 2.5 kg water at 50°C is kept in two identical containers A and B respectively of water equivalent 0.5 kg. In two independent experiments, if water of container A is poured into container B the final temperature of mixture is T1 and if water of container B is poured into container A the final temperature is T2. (heat loss is negligible). Mark the CORRECT option(s).

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If 30 g ice at -20°C, 65 g water at 50°C and 5 g steam at 100°C are mixed in a container which have negligible heat capacity. [Specific heat of ice =0.5cal g-1C, specific heat of water =1cal g-1C, Lf=80cal g-1,Lv=540cal g-1] then :-

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Four identical rods which have thermally insulated lateral surfaces are joined at point A. Points B,C,D&E are connected to large reservoirs. If heat flows into the junction from point B at rate of 1 W and from point C at 3 W inside, flows out from D at 5 W, which relation(s) is/ are correct for temperature of these points ?

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Initially, a beaker has 100 g of water at temperature 90 °C. Later another 600 g of water at temperature 20 °C was poured into the beaker. The temperature, Tin °C of the water after mixing is

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A thermally insulated vessel contains some water at 0°C. The vessel is connected to a vacuum pump to pump out water vapour. This results in some water getting frozen. It is given latent heat of vaporization of water at 0°C=21×105 J/kg and latent heat of freezing of water =3.36×105 J/kg. The maximum percentage amount of water that will be solidified in this manner will be:-

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Initially, a beaker has 100 g of water at temperature 90 °C. Later another 600 g of water at temperature 20 °C was poured into the beaker. The temperature, T of the water after mixing is

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Three containers C1, C2 and C3 have water at different temperatures. The table below shows the final temperature T when different amounts of water (given in liters) are taken from each container and mixed (assume no loss of heat during the process)

C1 C2 C3 C4
1 l 2 l --- 60°C
--- 1 l 2 l 30°C
2 l --- 1 l 60°C
1 l 1 l 1 l θ

The value of θ (in C to the nearest integer) is .....................

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Calorie is the unit of which physical quantity?

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1 cal=_____ J

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Calorie is the unit of which physical quantity?

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SI unit of heat is kelvin and SI unit of temperature is joule.

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What is the SI unit of heat?

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One calorie is nearly equal to _____ J.

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Find the final temperature in the form 2x°C of the system when 5 gm steam at 100°C is mixed with 31.50 gm ice at -20°C. Take Sice=Ssteam =0.5 cal gm-1 °C-1, Swater =1 cal gm-1 °C-1 and the latent heat of fusion and vaporization as 80 cal gm-1 and 540 cal gm-1 respectively. Find the value of x.

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A heater supplying constant power P watts is switched ON at time t=0 min to raise the temperature of a liquid kept in a calorimeter of negligible heat capacity. A student records the temperature of the liquid Tt at equal time intervals. A graph is plotted with Tt on the Y-axis versus t on the X-axis. Assume that there is no heat loss to the surroundings during heating. Then,

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Steam at 100 °C is passed into 1 kg of water contained in a calorimeter at 9 °C till the temperature of water and calorimeter is increased to 90 °C. The mass of the stean condensed is nearly
(Water equivalent of calorimeter =0.1 kg Specific heat of water =1 cal g-1 °C-1 Latent heat of vapourisation =540 cal g-1)

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An electrically heated coil is immersed in a Q calorimeter containing 360 gm of water at 10°C. The coil consumes energy at the rate of 90 W. The water equivalent of calorimeter & coil is 40 gm. The temperature of water after 10 min is-

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If x gm of steam at 100°C becomes water at 100°C which converts y gm of ice at 0°C into water at 100°C, then the ratio xy will be,

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Two tank A and B contain water at 20°C and 80°C respectively. The amount of water that must be taken from A and B to prepare 40 kg of water at 50°C:

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Calculate the amount of heat (in calories) required to convert 6 gm of ice at 0°C to steam at 100°C.