Describe how to measure the specific heat capacity of water using an immersion heater, and state one major source of error.
From Paper 2: Advanced Physics II
13(b)4 marks
A tyre contains air at 300 kPa and 15 °C. After a journey its temperature is 40 °C. Assuming constant volume, calculate the new pressure and the mean kinetic energy of a molecule at 40 °C.
From Paper 2: Advanced Physics II
13(c)3 marks
Explain how gas molecules exert a pressure on the walls of a container.
From Paper 3: General and Practical Principles in Physics
2(a)3 marks
Describe how to investigate how the pressure of a fixed mass of gas at constant volume varies with temperature.
From Paper 3: General and Practical Principles in Physics
2(b)4 marks
Figure 2 shows the results. Use the data to estimate absolute zero.
Figure 2
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