Scribd Logo
Upload

Welcome to Scribd!

  • 6K views

    B.Sc. II Semester Physics:: Paper II Thermal Physics:: Imp Questions

    Uploaded by

    Reddyvari Venugopal
    This document contains essay and short answer questions for the B.Sc. II Semester Physics exam on Thermal Physics. The essay questions cover Maxwell's distribution law for molecular speeds, entropy and reversible/irreversible processes, Carnot's engine efficiency, thermodynamic potentials, Joule-Kelvin effect, adiabatic demagnetization, regenerative cooling and producing liquid helium, blackbody radiation, and determining the solar constant. The short answer questions cover topics like mean free path, thermal conductivity, internal energy, the first and second laws of thermodynamics, T-S diagrams, Clausius-Clapeyron equation, the ozone layer, refrigerants, the Jou

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    B.Sc. II Semester Physics:: Paper II Thermal Physics:: Imp Questions

    Uploaded by

    Reddyvari Venugopal
    6K views2 pages
    This document contains essay and short answer questions for the B.Sc. II Semester Physics exam on Thermal Physics. The essay questions cover Maxwell's distribution law for molecular speeds, entropy and reversible/irreversible processes, Carnot's engine efficiency, thermodynamic potentials, Joule-Kelvin effect, adiabatic demagnetization, regenerative cooling and producing liquid helium, blackbody radiation, and determining the solar constant. The short answer questions cover topics like mean free path, thermal conductivity, internal energy, the first and second laws of thermodynamics, T-S diagrams, Clausius-Clapeyron equation, the ozone layer, refrigerants, the Jou

    Original Title

    Thermal Physics.docx

    Copyright

    © © All Rights Reserved

    Available Formats

    DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Did you find this document useful?

    Is this content inappropriate?

    This document contains essay and short answer questions for the B.Sc. II Semester Physics exam on Thermal Physics. The essay questions cover Maxwell's distribution law for molecular speeds, entropy and reversible/irreversible processes, Carnot's engine efficiency, thermodynamic potentials, Joule-Kelvin effect, adiabatic demagnetization, regenerative cooling and producing liquid helium, blackbody radiation, and determining the solar constant. The short answer questions cover topics like mean free path, thermal conductivity, internal energy, the first and second laws of thermodynamics, T-S diagrams, Clausius-Clapeyron equation, the ozone layer, refrigerants, the Jou

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as docx, pdf, or txt
    6K views2 pages

    B.Sc. II Semester Physics:: Paper II Thermal Physics:: Imp Questions

    Uploaded by

    Reddyvari Venugopal
    This document contains essay and short answer questions for the B.Sc. II Semester Physics exam on Thermal Physics. The essay questions cover Maxwell's distribution law for molecular speeds, entropy and reversible/irreversible processes, Carnot's engine efficiency, thermodynamic potentials, Joule-Kelvin effect, adiabatic demagnetization, regenerative cooling and producing liquid helium, blackbody radiation, and determining the solar constant. The short answer questions cover topics like mean free path, thermal conductivity, internal energy, the first and second laws of thermodynamics, T-S diagrams, Clausius-Clapeyron equation, the ozone layer, refrigerants, the Jou

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as docx, pdf, or txt
    of 2

    B.Sc.

    II Semester Physics :: Paper II


    Thermal Physics :: Imp Questions
    Prepared By : Reddyvari Venugopal,
    Assistant Professor of Physics
    Government Degree college, Mahabubabad.
    Essay Questions
    1. What are Maxwell’s assumptions in deriving the Maxwell’s law of distribution of
    velocities and obtain Maxwell’s distribution of molecular speed in a gas?
    Describe an experiment to verify the law.
    2. Define entropy. What are reversible and irreversible processes? Explain with
    examples. Write a note on entropy change in reversible and irreversible
    processes.
    3. Describe Carnot’s engine and derive an expression for its efficiency. Does the
    efficiency depend upon working substance?
    4. What are thermodynamic potentials? What is their importance? Starting from
    thermodynamic potentials, derive the Maxwell’s thermodynamic equations.
    Show that Cp-Cv=R for an ideal gas.
    5. State and explain Joule Kelvin effect. Derive expressions for Joule-Kelvin effect
    for an ideal gas.
    6. What is adiabatic demagnetization? Explain how this principle is used in
    producing low temperatures with necessary theory.
    7. Explain the principle of regenerative cooling. Explain the method of producing
    liquid Helium by Kapitza’s method.
    8. What is blackbody? Explain the energy distribution in the spectrum of a
    blackbody radiation. State Planck’s hypothesis and derive Planck’s law for
    energy distribution in the Blackbody radiation. Show that Wien’s and Rayleigh-
    Jean’s laws are special cases in Planck’s law.
    9. Define solar constant. Explain how the solar constant is determined
    experimentally by using Angstrom’s pyroheliometer.

    Short Answer Questions

    1. What is mean free path? Derive an expression for the mean free path of
    molecule in a gas.
    2. What is transport phenomenon? Derive an expression for coefficient of thermal
    conductivity.
    3. Explain the term “Internal energy of the system”.
    4. Define first law of thermodynamics and mention its applications.
    5. What is T-S diagram? Explain the importance and applications of temperature
    and entropy diagram.
    6. Give an explanation of the second law of thermodynamics in terms of entropy.
    7. Deduce Clausius-Clapeyron equation using Maxwell’s equations. What is its
    importance?
    8. What is Ozone layer? What are the uses of Ozone layer? Explain the effect of
    Chloro, fluro carbons on Ozone layer.
    9. Mention the properties of an ideal refrigerant.
    10. Briefly explain Joule-Kelvin porous-plug experiment and its results.
    11. What is pyrometer? Describe the principle, construction and working of a
    disappearing filament optical pyrometer
    12. How the surface temperature of the sun determined using solar constant?
    13. Write down the difference between Maxwell-Boltzmann, Bose-Einstein and
    Fermi-Dirac distributions.
    14. What are fermions and bosons? Mention the differences between them.

    You might also like

    pFad - Phonifier reborn

    Pfad - The Proxy pFad of © 2024 Garber Painting. All rights reserved.

    Note: This service is not intended for secure transactions such as banking, social media, email, or purchasing. Use at your own risk. We assume no liability whatsoever for broken pages.


    Alternative Proxies:

    Alternative Proxy

    pFad Proxy

    pFad v3 Proxy

    pFad v4 Proxy