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Date May 2018 Marks available [Maximum mark: 2] Reference code 18M.2.HL.TZ2.a.iii
Level HL Paper 2 Time zone TZ2
Command term Calculate Question number a.iii Adapted from N/A
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18M.2.HL.TZ2.a.iii

An ideal monatomic gas is kept in a container of volume 2.1 × 10–4 m3, temperature 310 K and pressure 5.3 × 105 Pa.

Calculate, in J, the internal energy of the gas.

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«For one atom U =  3 2 kT»  3 2  × 1.38 × 10–23 × 310 / 6.4 × 10–21 «J»

U = «2.6 × 1022 ×  3 2  × 1.38 × 10–23 × 310» 170 «J»

 

 Allow ECF from (a)(ii)

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Allow use of U = 3 2 pV

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