Physics (10th Edition)

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Chapter 14 - The Ideal Gas Law and Kinetic Theory - Problems - Page 386: 60

Answer

11.7

Work Step by Step

Let's take, The volume of material is filled = V Number of cubes = N Length of an edge of a cube = L So, we can write, $V=NL^{3}=>L=\sqrt[3] {\frac{V}{N}}-(1)$ We know that, Volume = (mass)/(Density), Therefore (1)=> $L=\sqrt[3] {\frac{m}{\rho N}}$ We know that, m/N = Molecular mass (M), Therefore, $L=\sqrt[3] {\frac{M}{\rho}}$ Let's apply this equation to both the vapor and the liquid phase and we get, $\frac{L_{vapor}}{L_{liquid}}=\frac{\sqrt[3] {\frac{M}{\rho_{vapor}}}}{\sqrt[3] {\frac{M}{\rho_{liquid}}}}=\sqrt[3] {\frac{\rho_{liquid}}{\rho_{vapor}}}$ Let's plug known values into this equation. $\frac{L_{vapor}}{L_{liquid}}=\sqrt[3] {\frac{958\space kg/m^{3}}{0.598\space kg/m^{3}}}=11.7$
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