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Saige Gaylord

Oct 26, 2024

An overflowing flask?

A glass flask with a volume of 1000 cm³ at a temperature of 0.500 °C is completely filled with mercury, which is also at the same temperature. When both the flask and the mercury are heated together to a temperature of 52.0 °C, a volume of 8.05 cm³ of mercury overflows from the flask. Given that the coefficient of volume expansion of mercury is β_Hg = 1.80 × 10⁻⁴ /K, calculate β_glass, the coefficient of volume expansion of the glass.

1 Answers

∆V = V(flask)*[β(Hg) - β(glass)]*∆T

∆V = 8.05 cm³

V(flask) = 1000 cm³

∆T = 52.0 - 0.500 = 51.500 ºC

8.05 /(1000*51.500) = 1.80*10^-4 - β(glass)

β(glass) = 1.80*10^-4 - 1.563*10^-4 = 2.37*10^-5 /ºC

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