Question

1.) Calculate the mass of a solid gold rectangular bar that has dimensions lwh = 4.30 cm ✕ 14.0 cm ✕ 27.0 cm. (The density of gold is 19.3 ✕ 103 kg/m3.)

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2.)A brass ring of diameter 10.00 cm at 17.3°C is heated and slipped over an aluminum rod of diameter 10.01 cm at 17.3°C. Assume the average coefficients of linear expansion are constant.

(a) To what temperature must the combination be cooled to separate the two metals?


(b) What if the aluminum rod were 10.06 cm in diameter?
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Answer 1

1) m = 0.3137 kg

2a)T_f = -181.7°C

2b) T_f = -1176.97°C

Step-by-step explanation:

1) We are given;

Length; l = 4.30 cm = 0.043 m

Width; w = 14.0 cm = 0.014 m

height; h = 27.0 cm = 0.027 m

density of gold; ρ = 19.3 × 10³ kg/m³

Formula for the density is known as;

ρ = mass/volume

Thus;

m =ρV

m = 19.3 × 10³ × (lwh)

m = 19.3 × 10³ × (0.043 × 0.014 × 0.027)

m = 0.3137 kg

2a) We are given;

Diameter of brass; L_br = 10 cm

Diameter of aluminum; L_al = 10.01 cm

Now, to some for change in temperature we will use the formula;

L_f = L_i + αL_i(Δt)

Where α is coefficient of expansion.

Now, for the ring to be removed from the rod, the final diameter of the brass has to be same as the aluminium.

Thus;

L_f(brass) = L_f(aluminium)

From table attached, α_brass ≈ 19 × 10^(-6) /°C

Also, α_aluminium ≈ 24 × 10^(-6) /°C

Thus;

L_f(brass) = 10 + (19 × 10^(-6) × 10 × (Δt))

Similarly,

L_f(aluminium) = 10.01 + (24 × 10^(-6) × 10.01 × (Δt))

Since L_f(brass) = L_f(aluminium), then;

10 + (19 × 10^(-6) × 10 × (Δt)) = 10.01 + (24 × 10^(-6) × 10.01 × (Δt))

Rearranging, we have;

10.01 - 10 = (19 × 10^(-6) × 10 × (Δt)) - (24 × 10^(-6) × 10.01 × (Δt))

0.01 = Δt(-50.24 × 10^(-6))

Δt = 0.01/(-50.24 × 10^(-6))

Δt ≈ -199°C

Thus, temperature at which the combination must be cooled to separate the two metals is;

T_f = T_i + Δt

T_f = 17.3 + (-199)

T_f = -181.7°C

2b) Diameter of aluminum is now;

L_al = 10.06 cm

Thus;

10.06 - 10 = (19 × 10^(-6) × 10 × (Δt)) - (24 × 10^(-6) × 10.01 × (Δt))

0.06 = Δt(-50.24 × 10^(-6))

Δt = 0.06/(-50.24 × 10^(-6))

Δt = -1194.27°C

T_f = 17.3 + (-1194.27)

T_f = -1176.97°C