A sample of blood is placed into a centrifuge of radius 15.0 cm. The mass of a red corpuscle is 3.0 × 10^-16 kg, and the centripetal force required to make it settle out of the plasma is 4.0 × 10^-11 N. At how many revolutions per second should the centrifuge be operated?


150 rev/s (9 000 rpm)

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A 0.6-cm-diameter mild steel rod at 38°C is suddenly immersed in a liquid at 93°C with ch = 110 W/(m2 K). Determine the time required for the rod to warm to 88°C.

GIVEN
• A mild steel rod is suddenly immersed in a liquid
• Rod diameter (D) = 0.6 cm = 0.006 m
• Initial temperature of the rod (To) = 38°C
• Liquid temperature (T?) = 93°C
• Heat transfer coefficient ( ch ) = 113.5 W/(m2 K)
FIND
• The time required for the rod to warm to 88°C
ASSUMPTIONS
• The rod is 1% carbon steel
• Constant thermal conductivity
• End effects are negligible
• The rod is very long compared to its diameter
• There is radial conduction only in the rod
SKETCH

PROPERTIES AND CONSTANTS
For 1% carbon steel at 20°C:
Thermal conductivity (k) = 43 W/(m K) Specific heat (c) = 473 J/(kg K) Density (?) = 7801 kg/m3 Thermal diffusivity (?) = 1.172 × 10–5 m2/s. [? = k/?c].

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Which of the following is not one of the most common elements in living things?

a. oxygen b. carbon c. calcium d. iron e. nitrogen

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All Type II supernovae produce neutron stars when they collapse

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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