Cylinders A and B have equal heights. Cylinder A is filled with helium gas at 1.0 atm pressure and 0∘C. The diameter of cylinder B is half that of cylinder A, and cylinder B is filled with glycerin. What is the ratio of the fluid mass in cylinder B to that in cylinder A?

Respuesta :

Ratio between mass of B and mass of A: 1769

Explanation:

Cylinder A is filled with helium gas. Assuming it is an ideal gas, we can write the equation:

[tex]pV_A = nRT[/tex]

where

[tex]p=1.01\cdot 10^5 Pa[/tex] is the gas pressure

VA is the gas volume

n is the number of moles of the gas

R is the gas constant

[tex]T=0^{\circ}C+273=273 K[/tex] is the gas temperature

So we can write the volume of the gas as

[tex]V_A=\frac{nRT}{p}[/tex]

Cylinder B contains glycering, so we can write its volume as

[tex]V_B=\frac{m_B}{\rho}[/tex]

where

mB is the mass of the glycerin

[tex]\rho = 1260 kg/m^3[/tex] is the density

We know that cylinder A and cylinder B have equal heights, but the diameter of cylinder B is half of that of cylinder A: since the volume of a cylinder is proportional to the square of the radius (therefore, to the square of the diameter), this means that cylinder A has a volume which is 4 times the volume of cylinder B. Therefore,

[tex]V_A=4V_B[/tex]

Substituting the two expressions that we found previously, we get

[tex]\frac{nRT}{p}=4\frac{m_B}{\rho}[/tex]

Moreover, the number of moles of the gas can be rewritten as

[tex]n=\frac{m_A}{M}[/tex]

where

mA is the mass of helium

M = 4 g/mol = 0.004 kg/mol is the molar mass of helium

Substituting and re-arranging, we can find the ratio between the masses:

[tex]\frac{m_ART}{Mp}=4\frac{m_B}{\rho}[/tex]

[tex]\frac{m_B}{m_A}=\frac{RT\rho}{4Mp}=\frac{(8.31)(273)(1260)}{4(1.01\cdot 10^5)(0.004)}=1769[/tex]

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