LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034
B.Sc. DEGREE EXAMINATION – CHEMISTRY
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SECOND SEMESTER – APRIL 2008
PH 2100 / 3102 – PHYSICS FOR CHEMISTRY
Date : 25/04/2008 Dept. No. Max. : 100 Marks
Time : 1:00 – 4:00
PART A ( 20 MARKS)
ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS 10 X 2 = 20
- When is a periodic motion said to be simple harmonic ?
- Define angular momentum. Give it’s unit.
- What is meant by parking orbit ?
- State the principle of equivalence.
- State Hooke’s law.
- Define surface tension. Give it’s unit.
- State Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle.
- Write down the time dependent Schrodinger equation.
- Distinguish between loudness and intensity.
- What are overtones ?
PART B (30 MARKS )
ANSWER ANY FOUR QUESTIONS. 4 X 7.5 = 30
- Show that the oscillations of a liquid in a U tube are simple harmonic and find the time period.
- State and explain Kepler’s laws.
- Obtain an expression for the excess pressure over the curved surface of a liquid.
- Derive the time independent Schrodinger equation. How is the wave function interpreted ?
- What are beats ? Discuss any one application.
PART C ( 50 MARKS )
ANSWER ANY FOUR QUESTIONS. 4 X 12.5 = 50
16.(a) Derive an expression for the acceleration of a solid sphere rolling down an inclined plane without slipping
(b) A particle executing simple harmonic motion in a straight line makes 120 complete oscillations in 1 minute and its maximum velocity is 6∏ m/s .Find the length of the path and the maximum acceleration.
- (a) Describe an experiment to measure the gravitation constant.
(b) Determine the escape velocity for the earth.( Radius of the earth is 6400 km and value of g at the earth’s surface is 9.8 m/s2 )
- (a) Derive a relation between the three elastic modulii.
(b) Define Poisson ratio. What are the limits for this ratio?
- Describe the experiment of Davisson and Germer and discuss the results.
- Derive an expression for the velocity of transverse waves in a stretched string. Use this to explain the laws of transverse vibrations of a stretched string.