You know from looking at the molecular formula<span> that one </span>molecule<span> of </span>H2SO4<span> contains 2 </span>atoms<span> of hydrogen, 1 atom of sulfur and 4 </span>atoms<span> of oxygen.</span>
Assuming uniform angular acceleration, we can use the following kinematic equation in order to find the total angle rotated during the acceleration process, from rest to its operating speed:
Now, we need first to find the value of the angular acceleration, that we can get from the following expression:
Since the machine starts from rest, ω₀ = 0.
We know the value of ωf₁ (the operating speed) in rev/min.
Due to the time is expressed in seconds, it is suitable to convert rev/min to rev/sec, as follows:
Replacing by the givens in (2):
Solving for α:
Replacing (5) and Δt in (1), we get:
in order to get the number of revolutions during the first half of this period, we need just to replace Δt in (6) by Δt/2, as follows:
In order to get the number of revolutions rotated during the deceleration period, assuming constant deceleration, we can use the following kinematic equation:
First of all, we need to find the value of the angular acceleration during the second period.
We can use again (2) replacing by the givens:
ωf =0 (the machine finally comes to an stop)
ω₀ = ωf₁ = 57.5 rev/sec
Δt = 32 s
Solving for α in (9), we get:
Now, we can replace the values of ω₀, Δt and α₂ in (8), as follows:
In order to get finally the number of revolutions rotated during the first half of the second period, we need just to replace 32 s by 16 s, as follows: