For Examiner's Use
For Examiner's Use
For Examiner's Use
Examiner’s
Use
Answer all the questions in the spaces provided.
1 The definitions of electric potential and of gravitational potential at a point have some
similarity.
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(b) Explain why values of gravitational potential are always negative whereas values of
electric potential may be positive or negative.
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The oil has mass 32.0 g and specific heat capacity 1.40 J g–1 K–1. The actual temperature of
the oil is 54.0 °C.
The bulb of the thermometer has mass 12.0 g and an average specific heat capacity of
0.180 J g–1 K–1. Before immersing the bulb in the oil, the thermometer reads 19.0 °C.
The thermometer bulb is placed in the oil and the steady reading on the thermometer is
taken.
(a) Determine
(i) the steady temperature recorded on the thermometer,