Your laboratory assignment for the week is to measure the specific heat ratio g of carbon dioxide.
Question:
Your laboratory assignment for the week is to measure the specific heat ratio g of carbon dioxide. The gas is contained in a cylinder with a movable piston and a thermometer. When the piston is withdrawn as far as possible, the cylinder’s length is 20 cm. You decide to push the piston in very rapidly by various amounts and, for each push, to measure the temperature of the carbon dioxide. Before each push, you withdraw the piston all the way and wait several minutes for the gas to come to the room temperature of 21°C. Your data are as follows:
Push (cm)..........................Temperature (°C)
5 .............................................35
10 ...........................................68
13 .........................................110
15 .........................................150
Use the best-fit line of an appropriate graph to determine g for carbon dioxide.
Step by Step Answer:
Physics for Scientists and Engineers A Strategic Approach with Modern Physics
ISBN: 978-0133942651
4th edition
Authors: Randall D. Knight