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If you quickly plunge a room-temperature mercury thermometer into very hot water, what will happen to the mercury level?\

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jeka57 [31]2 years ago

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The answer is; The mercury level first falls then begin to rise rapidly.

This is because even though glass is not a good thermal conductor, the great heat variation causes the glass to gather heat and expand first even before the mercury is reached by the heat. This increases the volume of the lumen of the glass hence causing the mercury level to drop as the volume of the glass increases.

however, as the heat reaches the mercury, it also begins to expand and the levels stop falling and begin to rise.

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Explanation:

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$P_2\text{ and }T_2$ are final pressure and temperature.

We are given:

By using conversion factor: $T(K)=T(^oC)+273$

$P_1=108kPa\\T_1=41^oC=314K\\P_2=?kPa\\T_2=22^oC=295K$

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U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recommends of sodium intake = less than 2.40 g of sodium per day.

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Steam reforming methane (CH4) produces "synthesis gas", a mixture of carbon monoxide gas and hydrogen gas, which is the starting point for many important industrial chemical syntheses. An industrial chemist studying this reaction fills a 125L tank with 20 mol of methane gas and 10 mol of water vapor at 38°C. He then raises the temperature, and when the mixture has come to equilibrium measures the amount of gas hydrogen to be 18 mol. Calculate the concentration equilibrium constant for the steam reforming of methane at the final temperature of the mixture. Round your answer to significant digits.

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