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15.2 Exercise 15

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A car tire contains 0.0380m30 . \text{0380} m^{3} of nitrogen at a gauge pressure of 2.20×105 N/m22 . \text{20} \times \text{10}^{5} \text{ N}/\text{m}^{2} (about 32 psi). How much more internal energy does this gas have than the same volume has at zero gauge pressure (which is equivalent to normal atmospheric pressure)? (Use Eint=52NkTE_{\text{int}} = \frac{5}{2} N k T for the internal energy of nitrogen, a diatomic gas.)

OpenStax College Physics 2e, 15.2 The First Law of Thermodynamics and Some Simple Processes, exercise 15

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