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    Thermal Physics and Differentials

    To be honest I really don't know. I've become very confused with all the derivatives and general definitions.
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    Thermal Physics and Differentials

    Well I think they're k = 1/P and B = 1/T but I've been given equations for both in the question.
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    Thermal Physics and Differentials

    So do I integrate both in terms of dP?
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    Thermal Physics and Differentials

    A hypothetical substance has a compressibility k = a /V and a volume expansivity B = 2bT /V , where a and b are constants and V is the molar volume. Show that the equation of state is: V = bT2 - aP + constant To be honest I'm not entirely sure what I'm actually supposed to be doing with...
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    Diffraction Gratings - N narrow slits

    A grating having 600 lines per mm is illuminated with sodium light of mean wavelength 589.3 nm. Determine the maximum order of diffraction that can be observed. By differentiating the expression: d sin θ = m λ, calculate the angular separation in arc minutes in second order for the two...
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    Use the given equation for magnitude of drag force to calculate time taken

    Ok, so I tried again and I got, for v = 100m/s, D = 10N, using D = bv^2, b=10/100^2 = 0.001 and then using v(t) = {sqrt(mg/b)... expotential stuff, which gave me an answer of 23m/s after 3 secs, but I don't know if that seems reasonable because as the velocity drops, so does the drag so how...
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    Use the given equation for magnitude of drag force to calculate time taken

    But does that mean that the mass isn't important, or that gravity therefore doesn't matter?
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    Use the given equation for magnitude of drag force to calculate time taken

    Homework Statement A ball of mass 0.5 kg traveling horizontally through the air with speed v(t) experiences a drag force DT (t) whose magnitude is given by: DT (t ) = 0.01[v (t )] 2 The speed of the ball is found to reduce from 10 m/s to 8 m/s over a time interval t, during which time...
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