Assignment 4 (30 points)
This assignment is based on chapter 5.
1. Perform the following temperature conversions: (5 points)
a. 48° F to °C
b. – 398° F to °C
c. – 40° C to °F
d. – 86° C to K
e. 1024° C to K
2. In a 22.4 L bottle at standard pressure and temperature, 6.02 x 1023 molecules exist. This number, 6.02 x 1023, represents the Avogadro number of molecules in one mole of the gas. To understand this extremely large number, calculate how long (in years) it would take to empty the bottle if one million molecules flow out of the bottle each second. (5 points)
3. What is Metrology? (5 points)
4. Define metrication. (5 points)
5. How many minutes of study time are contained in a two-year college program? Use 80 weeks at a rate of 25 hours per week. (5 points)
6. The pressure of earth’s temperature at sea level is 1.013 X 105 newton/m2. Express this number in kilopascals (kPa). (5 points)