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2 years ago

What is the significance of a standard system of measurement

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Units of measurement are the terms that we use to describe the size of something. You probably know that units include things like seconds, kilograms, meters, and so forth.

Without standard units of measurement, scientists would have a huge problem understanding what other scientists were saying. After all, if I were to refer to a meter as "the length of my leg" and another scientists were to refer to it as "the length of a Saint Bernard dog", we'd have a lot of trouble when it came to do actual science. To avoid this problem, the SI system of units gives us a convenient and, more importantly, standard set of units that we can agree on.

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The density of lead is 11.4g/cm3. What volume, in ft3, would be occupied by 10.0 g of lead?

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Answer:

3.10×10¯⁵ ft³.

Explanation:

The following data were obtained from the question:

Density (D) of lead = 11.4 g/cm³

Mass (m) of lead = 10 g

Volume (V) of lead =.?

Density (D) = mass (m) / Volume (V)

D = m/V

11.4 = 10 / V

Cross multiply

11.4 × V = 10

Divide both side by 11.4

V = 10 / 11.4

V = 0.877 cm³

Finally, we shall convert 0.877 cm³ to ft³. This can be obtained as follow:

1 cm³ = 3.531×10¯⁵ ft³

Therefore,

0.877 cm³ = 0.877 cm³ × 3.531×10¯⁵ ft³ /1 cm³

0.877 cm³ = 3.10×10¯⁵ ft³

Thus, 0.877 cm³ is equivalent to 3.10×10¯⁵ ft³.

Therefore, the volume of the lead in ft³ is 3.10×10¯⁵ ft³.

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Suppose you have 75 gas-phase molecules of methanol (CH3OH) at T = 470 K. These molecules are contained in a spherical container

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Answer:

The average pressure in the container due to these 75 gas molecules is $P=9.72 \times 10^{-16} Pa$

Explanation:

Here Pressure in a container is given as

$P=\frac{1}{3} \rho$

Here

P is the pressure which is to be calculated

ρ is the density of the gas which is to be calculated as below

$\rho =\frac{mass}{Volume of container}$

Here

mass is to be calculated for 75 gas phase molecules as

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Volume of container is 0.5 lts

So density is given as

$\rho =\frac{mass}{Volume of container}\\\rho =\frac{3.98 \times 10^{-21} \times 10^{-3} kg}{0.5 \times 10^{-3} m^3}\\\rho =7.97 \times 10^{-21}\, kg/m^3$

is the mean squared velocity which is given as

$=RMS^2$

Here RMS is the Root Mean Square speed given as 605 m/s so

$=RMS^2\\=(605)^2\\=366025$

Substituting the values in the equation and solving

$P=\frac{1}{3} \rho \\P=\frac{1}{3} \times 7.97 \times 10^{-21} \times 366025\\P=9.72 \times 10^{-16} Pa$

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