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Ideal gas, gas pressure. Gas pressure. Pressure units. Gas density. The concept of temperature, its types

Pressure is the ratio of the force to the area on which the force acts, N/m2.

Molecules of gases are constantly in motion in a straight line, in all possible directions. When a gas is enclosed in a vessel, the molecules constantly collide with the walls of the vessel, thereby creating pressure. Thus, pressure is the total force of the collision of molecules per unit area of ​​the surface of the vessel. When heated, the speed of movement of molecules increases, and with it the pressure of the gas in the vessel increases.

Distinguish:

Operating pressure- this is the pressure in the vessel at which it can be operated at the actual temperature of the working medium and ambient air.

Test pressure is the pressure at which hydraulic strength tests are performed.

Absolute pressure is overpressure + atmospheric pressure.

overpressure- if the pressure is greater than atmospheric, it is called excessive, if Vacuum pressure (discharge pressure) when the pressure is less than atmospheric pressure.

Atmosphere pressure- the pressure of the atmosphere on all objects in it and the earth's surface. Atmospheric pressure is created by the gravitational attraction of air to the Earth. Atmospheric pressure is measured with a barometer. Atmospheric pressure equal to the pressure of a mercury column 760 mm high. at 0 °C is called normal atmospheric pressure.

Pressure units:

Atmospheric pressure can be measured not only by the height of the mercury column. For example:

One physical atmosphere = 101325 Pa, or 1.01325 kgf/cm2, or 10.1325 mw, etc.

The technical atmosphere is equal to exactly 100,000 Pa, that is, one technical atmosphere is approximately equal to one physical atmosphere.

Units of measurement are related:

1 technical atmosphere = 1kgf/cm2 = 1 bar = 10 m.v. Art. = 10000 mm w.st. = 760 mm. R. Art. = 0.1 MPa = 1000 miles bar = 100 kPa.

Density- this is the ratio of body mass to its volume, measured in kg / m3.

The density of gases in the vapor state, under normal conditions (temperature 0 ° C and pressure 101.325 kPa):

Methane has 0.717 kg/m3;

Propane has 2.004 kg/m3;

Butane has 2.702 kg/m3;

For liquefied hydrocarbon gases in the liquid state, respectively:

Methane has 416 kg/m3 (0.4 kg/liter);

Propane has 528 kg/m3 (0.5 kg/liter);

Butane has 601 kg/m3 (0.6 kg/liter);

When compared with the density of water, equal to 1000 kg / m3 or 1 kg / liter, it turns out that gases in the liquid state are about two times lighter than water.

The density of gases in the vapor state, under standard conditions (temperature +20 ° C and pressure 101.325 kPa):

Methane has 0.668 kg/m3;

Propane has 1.872 kg/m3;

Butane has 2.519 kg/m3;

Therefore, with increasing temperature, the density of gases decreases!

Relative density is the density of the gas relative to the density of air, which is equal to 1.293 kg/m3.

Methane has 0.717 / 1.293 = 0.554 kg/m3;

Propane has 2.004/1.293=1.554 kg/m3;

Butane has 2.702/1.293= 2.090 kg/m3;

Therefore, methane is about twice as light as air, and propane and butane are about twice as heavy as air!

Temperature is the temperature of the body. The temperature of a substance largely determines its properties. For example, substances that are liquid under normal conditions - when heated, they turn into a gaseous, and when cooled into a solid.

Absolute temperature- this is the temperature at which molecular motion stops, below which no body can be cooled, and it is equal to - 273.15 ° C.

Boiling temperature is the temperature at which a substance changes from a liquid state to a vapor state. Butane (-0.5 °C), propane (-42 °C), methane (-161 °C).

combustion temperature is the temperature that develops during complete combustion of the fuel. For propane and butane, approximately (+ 2110 ° С), for methane (+ 2045 ° С).

Auto ignition temperature- the temperature to which the mixture should be heated so that further combustion occurs without an ignition source. For propane (500 - 590 °C), for butane (530 - 570 °C), for methane (550 - 800 °C).

Types of protection of steel gas pipelines against corrosion. What should be done during the performance of work using welding, on existing gas pipelines, and before carrying out work related to the separation of gas pipelines.

All steel pipelines are subject to corrosion. Corrosion of the internal surfaces of pipes depends on the properties of the gas. The increased content of oxygen, moisture, hydrogen sulfide and other aggressive compounds in the gas contributes to the development of corrosion. The fight against internal corrosion comes down to cleaning the gas itself.
Corrosion of the outer surfaces of pipes laid in the ground is divided into three types - chemical, electrochemical, electrical.

Chemical and electrochemical corrosion is associated with the influence of the soil, electrical - with the influence of stray currents in the soil, flowing down from the rails of electrified vehicles.
Chemical corrosion is determined by the degree of soil moisture and the presence of salts, acids, alkalis, and organic substances in the soil. This type of corrosion is not accompanied by electrical processes. The thickness of the pipe decreases evenly along the length, which eliminates the risk of through damage to the pipe. To protect pipes from chemical corrosion, a passive method of protection is used. The pipeline is insulated with bitumen-rubber mastic or polymer tapes. In our region, insulation of a very reinforced type is used (primer, mastic, fiberglass, mastic, fiberglass, mastic, kraft paper). Extruded polyethylene insulation can also be used.

Electrochemical corrosion is the result of the interaction of the metal, which plays the role of an electrode, with aggressive soil solutions - electrolytes. The metal sends positively charged ions (cations) into the soil. Losing cations, the metal is destroyed. The pipe section is charged negatively, and the soil is positively charged. Electrochemical corrosion can lead to the formation of through holes in the pipe. To protect the gas pipeline from electrochemical corrosion, cathodic (active) protection is used. A negative potential from the cathode station is applied to the gas pipeline. The protected section of the pipeline becomes the cathode zone. Magnesium sacrificial electrodes located near the pipeline are used as an anode. The anode, losing cations that go into the soil, is destroyed. Cations enter the pipe, and then into the electrical circuit. The destruction of the pipe does not occur, since its cations do not leave it. One cathode station protects a section of the gas pipeline with a length of 1-20 km. (depending on the number of sacrificial electrodes).

There is a protective protection against electrochemical corrosion. The difference between this type of protection and the cathodic one is that the section of the gas pipeline turns into a cathode without a cathode station. A metal rod placed in the ground next to the gas pipeline is used as an anode - protector. The electrical circuit is the same as for cathodic protection. The anode-tread metal is zinc, magnesium and aluminum alloys, which have a greater negative potential than ferrous metals. The protective zone of one tread installation is up to 70 meters.

Electrical corrosion, as already noted, is associated with stray currents flowing from the rails of electrified transport into the soil. Moving to the negative pole of the traction substation, stray currents enter the gas pipeline in places where the insulation is damaged. Near the traction substation, stray currents exit the gas pipeline into the ground in the form of cations, which leads to the destruction of the metal. Electrical corrosion is more dangerous than electrochemical. To protect against electrical corrosion, electric polarized drainage is used.
The principle of its operation is that the current that has entered the gas pipeline is diverted back to the stray current source.
To protect aboveground gas pipelines from corrosion, paint and varnish coatings are applied to them (two layers of primer and two layers of paint).

When carrying out work related to the use of welding and hot work (not penetrating into the gas pipeline - welding, replacement of gaskets for flange joints, etc.), the gas pressure must be reduced to 40 - 200 mm. w.st. If the gas pressure deviates from the specified parameters, the work must be suspended until the causes are identified and eliminated.

When performing work related to the disconnection of gas pipelines, it is necessary to disable active protection (if any) and install an electrical jumper.

Wherever the gas is: in a balloon, a car tire, or a metal cylinder - it fills the entire volume of the vessel in which it is located.

The pressure of a gas arises for a completely different reason than the pressure of a solid body. It is formed as a result of impacts of molecules on the walls of the vessel.

The pressure of the gas on the walls of the vessel

Moving randomly in space, gas molecules collide with each other and with the walls of the vessel in which they are located. The impact force of one molecule is small. But since there are a lot of molecules, and they collide with great frequency, then, acting together on the walls of the vessel, they create significant pressure. If a solid body is placed in a gas, then it is also subjected to impacts by gas molecules.

Let's do a simple experiment. Under the bell of the air pump we place a tied up balloon, not completely filled with air. Since there is little air in it, the ball has an irregular shape. When we begin to pump out air from under the bell, the balloon will begin to inflate. After a while, it will take the form of a regular ball.

What happened to our ball? After all, it was tied, therefore, the amount of air in it remained the same.

Everything is explained quite simply. During the movement, the gas molecules collide with the shell of the ball outside and inside it. If the air is pumped out of the bell, the molecules become smaller. The density decreases, and hence the frequency of impacts of molecules on the outer shell also decreases. Consequently, the pressure outside the shell drops. And since the number of molecules inside the shell remains the same, the internal pressure exceeds the external one. The gas presses on the shell from the inside. And for this reason, it gradually swells and takes the form of a ball.

Pascal's law for gases

Gas molecules are very mobile. Due to this, they transmit pressure not only in the direction of the force that causes this pressure, but evenly in all directions. The pressure transfer law was formulated by the French scientist Blaise Pascal: Pressure applied to a gas or liquid is transmitted unchanged to any point in all directions". This law is called the basic law of hydrostatics - the science of liquid and gas in a state of equilibrium.

Pascal's law is confirmed by experience with a device called Pascal's ball . This device is a ball of solid matter with tiny holes made in it, connected to a cylinder along which a piston moves. The balloon is filled with smoke. When compressed by a piston, smoke is pushed out of the holes of the ball in equal streams.

The gas pressure is calculated by the formula:

Where e lin - average kinetic energy of translational motion of gas molecules;

n - concentration of molecules

partial pressure. Dalton's Law

In practice, most often we have to meet not with pure gases, but with their mixtures. We breathe air, which is a mixture of gases. Car exhaust is also a mixture. Pure carbon dioxide has not been used in welding for a long time. Instead, gas mixtures are also used.

A gas mixture is a mixture of gases that do not enter into chemical reactions with each other.

The pressure of an individual component of a gas mixture is called partial pressure .

If we assume that all gases of the mixture are ideal gases, then the pressure of the mixture is determined by Dalton's law: "The pressure of a mixture of ideal gases that do not interact chemically is equal to the sum of the partial pressures."

Its value is determined by the formula:

Each gas in the mixture creates a partial pressure. Its temperature is equal to the temperature of the mixture.

The pressure of a gas can be changed by changing its density. The more gas is pumped into a metal cylinder, the more molecules it will hit the walls, and the higher its pressure will become. Accordingly, pumping out the gas, we rarefy it, and the pressure decreases.

But the pressure of a gas can also be changed by changing its volume or temperature, that is, by compressing the gas. Compression is carried out by exerting a force on a gaseous body. As a result of such an impact, the volume occupied by it decreases, pressure and temperature increase.

The gas is compressed in the engine cylinder as the piston moves. In production, high gas pressure is created by compressing it with the help of complex devices - compressors that are capable of creating pressure up to several thousand atmospheres.

Man on skis, and without them.

On loose snow, a person walks with great difficulty, sinking deeply at every step. But, having put on skis, he can walk, almost without falling into it. Why? On skis or without skis, a person acts on the snow with the same force equal to his own weight. However, the effect of this force in both cases is different, because the surface area on which the person presses is different, with and without skis. The surface area of ​​the ski is almost 20 times the area of ​​the sole. Therefore, standing on skis, a person acts on every square centimeter of the snow surface area with a force 20 times less than standing on snow without skis.

The student, pinning a newspaper to the board with buttons, acts on each button with the same force. However, a button with a sharper end is easier to enter into the tree.

This means that the result of the action of a force depends not only on its modulus, direction and point of application, but also on the area of ​​the surface to which it is applied (perpendicular to which it acts).

This conclusion is confirmed by physical experiments.

Experience. The result of this force depends on what force acts per unit area of ​​the surface.

Nails must be driven into the corners of a small board. First, we set the nails driven into the board on the sand with their points up and put a weight on the board. In this case, the nail heads are only slightly pressed into the sand. Then turn the board over and put the nails on the tip. In this case, the area of ​​support is smaller, and under the action of the same force, the nails go deep into the sand.

Experience. Second illustration.

The result of the action of this force depends on what force acts on each unit of surface area.

In the considered examples, the forces acted perpendicular to the surface of the body. The person's weight was perpendicular to the surface of the snow; the force acting on the button is perpendicular to the surface of the board.

The value equal to the ratio of the force acting perpendicular to the surface to the area of ​​\u200b\u200bthis surface is called pressure.

To determine the pressure, it is necessary to divide the force acting perpendicular to the surface by the surface area:

pressure = force / area.

Let us denote the quantities included in this expression: pressure - p, the force acting on the surface, - F and the surface area S.

Then we get the formula:

p = F/S

It is clear that a larger force acting on the same area will produce more pressure.

The pressure unit is taken as the pressure that produces a force of 1 N acting on a surface of 1 m 2 perpendicular to this surface.

Unit of pressure - newton per square meter(1 N / m 2). In honor of the French scientist Blaise Pascal it's called pascal Pa). Thus,

1 Pa = 1 N / m 2.

Other pressure units are also used: hectopascal (hPa) And kilopascal (kPa).

1 kPa = 1000 Pa;

1 hPa = 100 Pa;

1 Pa = 0.001 kPa;

1 Pa = 0.01 hPa.

Let's write down the condition of the problem and solve it.

Given : m = 45 kg, S = 300 cm 2; p = ?

In SI units: S = 0.03 m 2

Solution:

p = F/S,

F = P,

P = g m,

P= 9.8 N 45 kg ≈ 450 N,

p\u003d 450 / 0.03 N / m 2 \u003d 15000 Pa \u003d 15 kPa

"Answer": p = 15000 Pa = 15 kPa

Ways to reduce and increase pressure.

A heavy caterpillar tractor produces a pressure on the soil equal to 40-50 kPa, that is, only 2-3 times more than the pressure of a boy weighing 45 kg. This is because the weight of the tractor is distributed over a larger area due to the caterpillar drive. And we have established that the larger the area of ​​​​the support, the less pressure produced by the same force on this support .

Depending on whether you need to get a small or a large pressure, the area of ​​\u200b\u200bsupport increases or decreases. For example, in order for the soil to withstand the pressure of a building being erected, the area of ​​\u200b\u200bthe lower part of the foundation is increased.

Truck tires and aircraft chassis are made much wider than passenger cars. Particularly wide tires are made for cars designed to travel in deserts.

Heavy machines, like a tractor, a tank or a swamp, having a large bearing area of ​​​​the tracks, pass through swampy terrain that a person cannot pass through.

On the other hand, with a small surface area, a large pressure can be generated with a small force. For example, pressing a button into a board, we act on it with a force of about 50 N. Since the area of ​​the button tip is approximately 1 mm 2, the pressure produced by it is equal to:

p \u003d 50 N / 0.000001 m 2 \u003d 50,000,000 Pa \u003d 50,000 kPa.

For comparison, this pressure is 1000 times more than the pressure exerted by a caterpillar tractor on the soil. Many more such examples can be found.

The blade of cutting and piercing tools (knives, scissors, cutters, saws, needles, etc.) is specially sharpened. The sharpened edge of a sharp blade has a small area, so even a small force creates a lot of pressure, and it is easy to work with such a tool.

Cutting and piercing devices are also found in wildlife: these are teeth, claws, beaks, spikes, etc. - they are all made of hard material, smooth and very sharp.

Pressure

It is known that gas molecules move randomly.

We already know that gases, unlike solids and liquids, fill the entire vessel in which they are located. For example, a steel cylinder for storing gases, a car tire tube or a volleyball. In this case, the gas exerts pressure on the walls, bottom and lid of the cylinder, chamber or any other body in which it is located. Gas pressure is due to other reasons than the pressure of a solid body on a support.

It is known that gas molecules move randomly. During their movement, they collide with each other, as well as with the walls of the vessel in which the gas is located. There are many molecules in the gas, and therefore the number of their impacts is very large. For example, the number of impacts of air molecules in a room on a surface of 1 cm 2 in 1 s is expressed as a twenty-three-digit number. Although the impact force of an individual molecule is small, the action of all molecules on the walls of the vessel is significant - it creates gas pressure.

So, gas pressure on the walls of the vessel (and on the body placed in the gas) is caused by impacts of gas molecules .

Consider the following experience. Place a rubber ball under the air pump bell. It contains a small amount of air and has an irregular shape. Then we pump out the air from under the bell with a pump. The shell of the ball, around which the air becomes more and more rarefied, gradually swells and takes the form of a regular ball.

How to explain this experience?

Special durable steel cylinders are used for storage and transportation of compressed gas.

In our experiment, moving gas molecules continuously hit the walls of the ball inside and out. When air is pumped out, the number of molecules in the bell around the shell of the ball decreases. But inside the ball their number does not change. Therefore, the number of impacts of molecules on the outer walls of the shell becomes less than the number of impacts on the inner walls. The balloon is inflated until the force of elasticity of its rubber shell becomes equal to the pressure force of the gas. The shell of the ball takes the shape of a ball. This shows that gas presses on its walls equally in all directions. In other words, the number of molecular impacts per square centimeter of surface area is the same in all directions. The same pressure in all directions is characteristic of a gas and is a consequence of the random movement of a huge number of molecules.

Let's try to reduce the volume of gas, but so that its mass remains unchanged. This means that in each cubic centimeter of gas there will be more molecules, the density of the gas will increase. Then the number of impacts of molecules on the walls will increase, i.e., the gas pressure will increase. This can be confirmed by experience.

On the image A A glass tube is shown, one end of which is covered with a thin rubber film. A piston is inserted into the tube. When the piston is pushed in, the volume of air in the tube decreases, i.e., the gas is compressed. The rubber film bulges outward, indicating that the air pressure in the tube has increased.

On the contrary, with an increase in the volume of the same mass of gas, the number of molecules in each cubic centimeter decreases. This will reduce the number of impacts on the walls of the vessel - the pressure of the gas will become less. Indeed, when the piston is pulled out of the tube, the volume of air increases, the film bends inside the vessel. This indicates a decrease in air pressure in the tube. The same phenomena would be observed if instead of air in the tube there would be any other gas.

So, when the volume of a gas decreases, its pressure increases, and when the volume increases, the pressure decreases, provided that the mass and temperature of the gas remain unchanged.

How does the pressure of a gas change when it is heated at a constant volume? It is known that the speed of movement of gas molecules increases when heated. Moving faster, the molecules will hit the walls of the vessel more often. In addition, each impact of the molecule on the wall will be stronger. As a result, the walls of the vessel will experience more pressure.

Hence, The pressure of a gas in a closed vessel is greater the higher the temperature of the gas, provided that the mass of the gas and the volume do not change.

From these experiments it can be concluded that the pressure of the gas is greater, the more often and stronger the molecules hit the walls of the vessel .

For storage and transportation of gases, they are highly compressed. At the same time, their pressure increases, gases must be enclosed in special, very durable cylinders. Such cylinders, for example, contain compressed air in submarines, oxygen used in metal welding. Of course, we must always remember that gas cylinders cannot be heated, especially when they are filled with gas. Because, as we already understand, an explosion can occur with very unpleasant consequences.

Pascal's law.

Pressure is transmitted to each point of the liquid or gas.

The pressure of the piston is transmitted to each point of the liquid filling the ball.

Now gas.

Unlike solids, individual layers and small particles of liquid and gas can move freely relative to each other in all directions. It is enough, for example, to lightly blow on the surface of the water in a glass to cause the water to move. Ripples appear on a river or lake at the slightest breeze.

The mobility of gas and liquid particles explains that the pressure produced on them is transmitted not only in the direction of the force, but at every point. Let's consider this phenomenon in more detail.

On the image, A a vessel containing a gas (or liquid) is depicted. The particles are evenly distributed throughout the vessel. The vessel is closed by a piston that can move up and down.

By applying some force, let's make the piston move a little inward and compress the gas (liquid) directly below it. Then the particles (molecules) will be located in this place more densely than before (Fig., b). Due to the mobility of the gas particles will move in all directions. As a result, their arrangement will again become uniform, but more dense than before (Fig. c). Therefore, the pressure of the gas will increase everywhere. This means that additional pressure is transferred to all particles of a gas or liquid. So, if the pressure on the gas (liquid) near the piston itself increases by 1 Pa, then at all points inside gas or liquid pressure will be greater than before by the same amount. The pressure on the walls of the vessel, and on the bottom, and on the piston will increase by 1 Pa.

The pressure exerted on a liquid or gas is transmitted to any point equally in all directions .

This statement is called Pascal's law.

Based on Pascal's law, it is easy to explain the following experiments.

The figure shows a hollow sphere with small holes in various places. A tube is attached to the ball, into which a piston is inserted. If you draw water into the ball and push the piston into the tube, then water will flow from all the holes in the ball. In this experiment, the piston presses on the surface of the water in the tube. The water particles under the piston, condensing, transfer its pressure to other layers lying deeper. Thus, the pressure of the piston is transmitted to each point of the liquid filling the ball. As a result, part of the water is pushed out of the ball in the form of identical streams flowing from all holes.

If the ball is filled with smoke, then when the piston is pushed into the tube, identical streams of smoke will begin to come out of all the holes in the ball. This confirms that and gases transmit the pressure produced on them equally in all directions.

Pressure in liquid and gas.

Under the weight of the liquid, the rubber bottom in the tube will sag.

Liquids, like all bodies on Earth, are affected by the force of gravity. Therefore, each layer of liquid poured into a vessel creates pressure with its weight, which, according to Pascal's law, is transmitted in all directions. Therefore, there is pressure inside the liquid. This can be verified by experience.

Pour water into a glass tube, the bottom hole of which is closed with a thin rubber film. Under the weight of the liquid, the bottom of the tube will bend.

Experience shows that the higher the column of water above the rubber film, the more it sags. But every time after the rubber bottom sags, the water in the tube comes to equilibrium (stops), because, in addition to gravity, the elastic force of the stretched rubber film acts on the water.

Forces acting on the rubber film

are the same on both sides.

Illustration.

The bottom moves away from the cylinder due to the pressure on it due to gravity.

Let's lower a tube with a rubber bottom, into which water is poured, into another, wider vessel with water. We will see that as the tube is lowered, the rubber film gradually straightens out. Full straightening of the film shows that the forces acting on it from above and below are equal. Full straightening of the film occurs when the water levels in the tube and vessel coincide.

The same experiment can be carried out with a tube in which a rubber film closes the side opening, as shown in figure a. Immerse this tube of water into another vessel of water, as shown in the figure, b. We will notice that the film straightens again as soon as the water levels in the tube and vessel are equal. This means that the forces acting on the rubber film are the same from all sides.

Take a vessel whose bottom can fall off. Let's put it in a jar of water. In this case, the bottom will be tightly pressed to the edge of the vessel and will not fall off. It is pressed by the force of water pressure, directed from the bottom up.

We will carefully pour water into the vessel and watch its bottom. As soon as the level of water in the vessel coincides with the level of water in the jar, it will fall away from the vessel.

At the moment of detachment, a column of liquid in the vessel presses down on the bottom, and pressure is transmitted from bottom to top to the bottom of a column of liquid of the same height, but located in the jar. Both these pressures are the same, but the bottom moves away from the cylinder due to the action of its own gravity on it.

The experiments with water were described above, but if we take any other liquid instead of water, the results of the experiment will be the same.

So, experiments show that inside the liquid there is pressure, and at the same level it is the same in all directions. Pressure increases with depth.

Gases do not differ in this respect from liquids, because they also have weight. But we must remember that the density of a gas is hundreds of times less than the density of a liquid. The weight of the gas in the vessel is small, and in many cases its "weight" pressure can be ignored.

Calculation of liquid pressure on the bottom and walls of the vessel.

Calculation of liquid pressure on the bottom and walls of the vessel.

Consider how you can calculate the pressure of a liquid on the bottom and walls of a vessel. Let us first solve the problem for a vessel having the shape of a rectangular parallelepiped.

Force F, with which the liquid poured into this vessel presses on its bottom, is equal to the weight P the liquid in the vessel. The weight of a liquid can be determined by knowing its mass. m. Mass, as you know, can be calculated by the formula: m = ρ V. The volume of liquid poured into the vessel we have chosen is easy to calculate. If the height of the liquid column in the vessel is denoted by the letter h, and the area of ​​the bottom of the vessel S, That V = S h.

Liquid mass m = ρ V, or m = ρ S h .

The weight of this fluid P = g m, or P = g ρ S h.

Since the weight of the liquid column is equal to the force with which the liquid presses on the bottom of the vessel, then, dividing the weight P To the square S, we get the fluid pressure p:

p = P/S , or p = g ρ S h/S,

We have obtained a formula for calculating the pressure of a liquid on the bottom of a vessel. From this formula it can be seen that the pressure of a liquid at the bottom of a vessel depends only on the density and height of the liquid column.

Therefore, according to the derived formula, it is possible to calculate the pressure of the liquid poured into the vessel any form(Strictly speaking, our calculation is only suitable for vessels that have the shape of a straight prism and a cylinder. In physics courses for the institute, it was proved that the formula is also true for a vessel of arbitrary shape). In addition, it can be used to calculate the pressure on the walls of the vessel. The pressure inside the fluid, including pressure from bottom to top, is also calculated using this formula, since the pressure at the same depth is the same in all directions.

When calculating pressure using the formula p = gph need density ρ expressed in kilograms per cubic meter (kg / m 3), and the height of the liquid column h- in meters (m), g\u003d 9.8 N / kg, then the pressure will be expressed in pascals (Pa).

Example. Determine the oil pressure at the bottom of the tank if the height of the oil column is 10 m and its density is 800 kg/m 3 .

Let's write down the condition of the problem and write it down.

Given :

ρ \u003d 800 kg / m 3

Solution :

p = 9.8 N/kg 800 kg/m 3 10 m ≈ 80,000 Pa ≈ 80 kPa.

Answer : p ≈ 80 kPa.

Communicating vessels.

Communicating vessels.

The figure shows two vessels connected to each other by a rubber tube. Such vessels are called communicating. A watering can, a teapot, a coffee pot are examples of communicating vessels. We know from experience that water poured, for example, into a watering can, always stands at the same level in the spout and inside.

Communicating vessels are common to us. For example, it can be a teapot, a watering can or a coffee pot.

The surfaces of a homogeneous liquid are installed at the same level in communicating vessels of any shape.

Liquids of various densities.

With communicating vessels, the following simple experiment can be done. At the beginning of the experiment, we clamp the rubber tube in the middle, and pour water into one of the tubes. Then we open the clamp, and the water instantly flows into the other tube until the water surfaces in both tubes are at the same level. You can fix one of the tubes in a tripod, and raise, lower or tilt the other in different directions. And in this case, as soon as the liquid calms down, its levels in both tubes will equalize.

In communicating vessels of any shape and section, the surfaces of a homogeneous liquid are set at the same level(provided that the air pressure over the liquid is the same) (Fig. 109).

This can be justified as follows. The liquid is at rest without moving from one vessel to another. This means that the pressures in both vessels are the same at any level. The liquid in both vessels is the same, that is, it has the same density. Therefore, its heights must also be the same. When we raise one vessel or add liquid to it, the pressure in it increases and the liquid moves into another vessel until the pressures are balanced.

If a liquid of one density is poured into one of the communicating vessels, and another density is poured into the second, then at equilibrium the levels of these liquids will not be the same. And this is understandable. We know that the pressure of a liquid on the bottom of a vessel is directly proportional to the height of the column and the density of the liquid. And in this case, the densities of the liquids will be different.

With equal pressures, the height of a liquid column with a higher density will be less than the height of a liquid column with a lower density (Fig.).

Experience. How to determine the mass of air.

Air weight. Atmosphere pressure.

existence of atmospheric pressure.

Atmospheric pressure is greater than the pressure of rarefied air in a vessel.

The force of gravity acts on the air, as well as on any body located on the Earth, and, therefore, the air has weight. The weight of air is easy to calculate, knowing its mass.

We will show by experience how to calculate the mass of air. To do this, take a strong glass ball with a cork and a rubber tube with a clamp. We pump air out of it with a pump, clamp the tube with a clamp and balance it on the scales. Then, opening the clamp on the rubber tube, let air into it. In this case, the balance of the scales will be disturbed. To restore it, you will have to put weights on the other pan of scales, the mass of which will be equal to the mass of air in the volume of the ball.

Experiments have established that at a temperature of 0 ° C and normal atmospheric pressure, the mass of air with a volume of 1 m 3 is 1.29 kg. The weight of this air is easy to calculate:

P = g m, P = 9.8 N/kg 1.29 kg ≈ 13 N.

The air envelope that surrounds the earth is called atmosphere (from Greek. atmosphere steam, air, and sphere- ball).

The atmosphere, as shown by observations of the flight of artificial Earth satellites, extends to a height of several thousand kilometers.

Due to the action of gravity, the upper layers of the atmosphere, like ocean water, compress the lower layers. The air layer adjacent directly to the Earth is compressed the most and, according to Pascal's law, transfers the pressure produced on it in all directions.

As a result of this, the earth's surface and the bodies located on it experience the pressure of the entire thickness of the air, or, as is usually said in such cases, experience Atmosphere pressure .

The existence of atmospheric pressure can be explained by many phenomena that we encounter in life. Let's consider some of them.

The figure shows a glass tube, inside which there is a piston that fits snugly against the walls of the tube. The end of the tube is dipped in water. If you raise the piston, then the water will rise behind it.

This phenomenon is used in water pumps and some other devices.

The figure shows a cylindrical vessel. It is closed with a cork into which a tube with a tap is inserted. Air is pumped out of the vessel by a pump. The end of the tube is then placed in water. If you now open the tap, then the water will splash into the inside of the vessel in a fountain. Water enters the vessel because the atmospheric pressure is greater than the pressure of rarefied air in the vessel.

Why does the air shell of the Earth exist.

Like all bodies, the gas molecules that make up the Earth's air envelope are attracted to the Earth.

But why, then, do they not all fall to the surface of the Earth? How is the air shell of the Earth, its atmosphere, preserved? To understand this, we must take into account that the molecules of gases are in continuous and random motion. But then another question arises: why these molecules do not fly away into the world space, that is, into space.

In order to completely leave the Earth, a molecule, like a spacecraft or a rocket, must have a very high speed (at least 11.2 km/s). This so-called second escape velocity. The speed of most molecules in the Earth's air envelope is much less than this cosmic speed. Therefore, most of them are tied to the Earth by gravity, only a negligible number of molecules fly beyond the Earth into space.

The random movement of molecules and the effect of gravity on them result in the fact that gas molecules "float" in space near the Earth, forming an air shell, or the atmosphere known to us.

Measurements show that air density decreases rapidly with height. So, at a height of 5.5 km above the Earth, the air density is 2 times less than its density at the Earth's surface, at a height of 11 km - 4 times less, etc. The higher, the rarer the air. And finally, in the uppermost layers (hundreds and thousands of kilometers above the Earth), the atmosphere gradually turns into airless space. The air shell of the Earth does not have a clear boundary.

Strictly speaking, due to the action of gravity, the density of the gas in any closed vessel is not the same throughout the entire volume of the vessel. At the bottom of the vessel, the density of the gas is greater than in its upper parts, and therefore the pressure in the vessel is not the same. It is larger at the bottom of the vessel than at the top. However, for the gas contained in the vessel, this difference in density and pressure is so small that in many cases it can be completely ignored, just be aware of it. But for an atmosphere extending over several thousand kilometers, the difference is significant.

Measurement of atmospheric pressure. The Torricelli experience.

It is impossible to calculate atmospheric pressure using the formula for calculating the pressure of a liquid column (§ 38). For such a calculation, you need to know the height of the atmosphere and the density of the air. But the atmosphere does not have a definite boundary, and the air density at different heights is different. However, atmospheric pressure can be measured using an experiment proposed in the 17th century by an Italian scientist. Evangelista Torricelli a student of Galileo.

Torricelli's experiment is as follows: a glass tube about 1 m long, sealed at one end, is filled with mercury. Then, tightly closing the second end of the tube, it is turned over and lowered into a cup with mercury, where this end of the tube is opened under the level of mercury. As in any liquid experiment, part of the mercury is poured into the cup, and part of it remains in the tube. The height of the mercury column remaining in the tube is approximately 760 mm. There is no air above the mercury inside the tube, there is an airless space, so no gas exerts pressure from above on the mercury column inside this tube and does not affect the measurements.

Torricelli, who proposed the experience described above, also gave his explanation. The atmosphere presses on the surface of the mercury in the cup. Mercury is in balance. This means that the pressure in the tube is aa 1 (see figure) is equal to atmospheric pressure. When atmospheric pressure changes, the height of the mercury column in the tube also changes. As the pressure increases, the column lengthens. As the pressure decreases, the mercury column decreases in height.

The pressure in the tube at the level aa1 is created by the weight of the mercury column in the tube, since there is no air above the mercury in the upper part of the tube. Hence it follows that atmospheric pressure is equal to the pressure of the mercury column in the tube , i.e.

p atm = p mercury.

The greater the atmospheric pressure, the higher the mercury column in Torricelli's experiment. Therefore, in practice, atmospheric pressure can be measured by the height of the mercury column (in millimeters or centimeters). If, for example, atmospheric pressure is 780 mm Hg. Art. (they say "millimeters of mercury"), this means that the air produces the same pressure as a vertical column of mercury 780 mm high produces.

Therefore, in this case, 1 millimeter of mercury (1 mm Hg) is taken as the unit of atmospheric pressure. Let's find the relationship between this unit and the unit known to us - pascal(Pa).

The pressure of a mercury column ρ of mercury with a height of 1 mm is:

p = g ρ h, p\u003d 9.8 N / kg 13,600 kg / m 3 0.001 m ≈ 133.3 Pa.

So, 1 mm Hg. Art. = 133.3 Pa.

Currently, atmospheric pressure is usually measured in hectopascals (1 hPa = 100 Pa). For example, weather reports may announce that the pressure is 1013 hPa, which is the same as 760 mmHg. Art.

Observing daily the height of the mercury column in the tube, Torricelli discovered that this height changes, that is, atmospheric pressure is not constant, it can increase and decrease. Torricelli also noticed that atmospheric pressure is related to changes in the weather.

If you attach a vertical scale to the mercury tube used in Torricelli's experiment, you get the simplest device - mercury barometer (from Greek. baros- heaviness, metreo- measure). It is used to measure atmospheric pressure.

Barometer - aneroid.

In practice, a metal barometer is used to measure atmospheric pressure, called aneroid (translated from Greek - aneroid). The barometer is called so because it does not contain mercury.

The appearance of the aneroid is shown in the figure. Its main part is a metal box 1 with a wavy (corrugated) surface (see other fig.). Air is pumped out of this box, and so that atmospheric pressure does not crush the box, its cover 2 is pulled up by a spring. As atmospheric pressure increases, the lid flexes downward and tensions the spring. When the pressure decreases, the spring straightens the cover. An arrow-pointer 4 is attached to the spring by means of a transmission mechanism 3, which moves to the right or left when the pressure changes. A scale is fixed under the arrow, the divisions of which are marked according to the indications of a mercury barometer. So, the number 750, against which the aneroid needle stands (see Fig.), shows that at the given moment in the mercury barometer the height of the mercury column is 750 mm.

Therefore, atmospheric pressure is 750 mm Hg. Art. or ≈ 1000 hPa.

The value of atmospheric pressure is very important for predicting the weather for the coming days, since changes in atmospheric pressure are associated with changes in the weather. A barometer is a necessary instrument for meteorological observations.

Atmospheric pressure at various altitudes.

In a liquid, the pressure, as we know, depends on the density of the liquid and the height of its column. Due to the low compressibility, the density of the liquid at different depths is almost the same. Therefore, when calculating the pressure, we consider its density to be constant and take into account only the change in height.

The situation is more complicated with gases. Gases are highly compressible. And the more the gas is compressed, the greater its density, and the greater the pressure it produces. After all, the pressure of a gas is created by the impact of its molecules on the surface of the body.

The layers of air near the surface of the Earth are compressed by all the overlying layers of air above them. But the higher the layer of air from the surface, the weaker it is compressed, the lower its density. Hence, the less pressure it produces. If, for example, a balloon rises above the surface of the Earth, then the air pressure on the balloon becomes less. This happens not only because the height of the air column above it decreases, but also because the air density decreases. It is smaller at the top than at the bottom. Therefore, the dependence of air pressure on altitude is more complicated than that of liquids.

Observations show that atmospheric pressure in areas lying at sea level is on average 760 mm Hg. Art.

Atmospheric pressure equal to the pressure of a mercury column 760 mm high at a temperature of 0 ° C is called normal atmospheric pressure..

normal atmospheric pressure equals 101 300 Pa = 1013 hPa.

The higher the altitude, the lower the pressure.

With small rises, on average, for every 12 m of rise, the pressure decreases by 1 mm Hg. Art. (or 1.33 hPa).

Knowing the dependence of pressure on altitude, it is possible to determine the height above sea level by changing the readings of the barometer. Aneroids having a scale on which you can directly measure the height above sea level are called altimeters . They are used in aviation and when climbing mountains.

Pressure gauges.

We already know that barometers are used to measure atmospheric pressure. To measure pressures greater or less than atmospheric pressure, the pressure gauges (from Greek. manos- rare, inconspicuous metreo- measure). Pressure gauges are liquid And metal.

Consider first the device and action open liquid manometer. It consists of a two-legged glass tube into which some liquid is poured. The liquid is installed in both knees at the same level, since only atmospheric pressure acts on its surface in the knees of the vessel.

To understand how such a pressure gauge works, it can be connected with a rubber tube to a round flat box, one side of which is covered with a rubber film. If you press your finger on the film, then the liquid level in the manometer knee connected in the box will decrease, and in the other knee it will increase. What explains this?

Pressing on the film increases the air pressure in the box. According to Pascal's law, this increase in pressure is transferred to the liquid in that knee of the pressure gauge, which is attached to the box. Therefore, the pressure on the liquid in this knee will be greater than in the other, where only atmospheric pressure acts on the liquid. Under the force of this excess pressure, the liquid will begin to move. In the knee with compressed air, the liquid will fall, in the other it will rise. The liquid will come to equilibrium (stop) when the excess pressure of the compressed air is balanced by the pressure that the excess liquid column produces in the other leg of the manometer.

The stronger the pressure on the film, the higher the excess liquid column, the greater its pressure. Hence, the change in pressure can be judged by the height of this excess column.

The figure shows how such a pressure gauge can measure the pressure inside a liquid. The deeper the tube is immersed in the liquid, the greater the difference in the heights of the liquid columns in the manometer knees becomes., so, therefore, and fluid produces more pressure.

If you install the device box at some depth inside the liquid and turn it with a film up, sideways and down, then the pressure gauge readings will not change. That's the way it should be, because at the same level inside a liquid, the pressure is the same in all directions.

The picture shows metal manometer . The main part of such a pressure gauge is a metal tube bent into a pipe 1 , one end of which is closed. The other end of the tube with a tap 4 communicates with the vessel in which the pressure is measured. As pressure increases, the tube flexes. Movement of its closed end with a lever 5 and gears 3 passed to the shooter 2 moving around the scale of the instrument. When the pressure decreases, the tube, due to its elasticity, returns to its previous position, and the arrow returns to zero division of the scale.

Piston liquid pump.

In the experiment we discussed earlier (§ 40), it was found that water in a glass tube, under the influence of atmospheric pressure, rose up behind the piston. This action is based piston pumps.

The pump is shown schematically in the figure. It consists of a cylinder, inside which goes up and down, tightly adhering to the walls of the vessel, the piston 1 . Valves are installed in the lower part of the cylinder and in the piston itself. 2 opening only upwards. When the piston moves upwards, water enters the pipe under the action of atmospheric pressure, lifts the bottom valve and moves behind the piston.

When the piston moves down, the water under the piston presses on the bottom valve, and it closes. At the same time, under pressure from the water, a valve inside the piston opens, and the water flows into the space above the piston. With the next movement of the piston upwards, the water above it also rises in the place with it, which pours out into the outlet pipe. At the same time, a new portion of water rises behind the piston, which, when the piston is subsequently lowered, will be above it, and this whole procedure is repeated again and again while the pump is running.

Hydraulic Press.

Pascal's law allows you to explain the action hydraulic machine (from Greek. hydraulicos- water). These are machines whose action is based on the laws of motion and equilibrium of liquids.

The main part of the hydraulic machine is two cylinders of different diameters, equipped with pistons and a connecting tube. The space under the pistons and the tube are filled with liquid (usually mineral oil). The heights of the liquid columns in both cylinders are the same as long as there are no forces acting on the pistons.

Let us now assume that the forces F 1 and F 2 - forces acting on the pistons, S 1 and S 2 - areas of pistons. The pressure under the first (small) piston is p 1 = F 1 / S 1 , and under the second (large) p 2 = F 2 / S 2. According to Pascal's law, the pressure of a fluid at rest is transmitted equally in all directions, i.e. p 1 = p 2 or F 1 / S 1 = F 2 / S 2 , from where:

F 2 / F 1 = S 2 / S 1 .

Therefore, the strength F 2 so much more power F 1 , How many times greater is the area of ​​the large piston than the area of ​​the small piston?. For example, if the area of ​​​​the large piston is 500 cm 2, and the small one is 5 cm 2, and a force of 100 N acts on the small piston, then a force 100 times greater will act on the larger piston, that is, 10,000 N.

Thus, with the help of a hydraulic machine, it is possible to balance a large force with a small force.

Attitude F 1 / F 2 shows the gain in strength. For example, in the example above, the gain in force is 10,000 N / 100 N = 100.

The hydraulic machine used for pressing (squeezing) is called hydraulic press .

Hydraulic presses are used where a lot of power is required. For example, for squeezing oil from seeds at oil mills, for pressing plywood, cardboard, hay. Steel mills use hydraulic presses to make steel machine shafts, railway wheels, and many other products. Modern hydraulic presses can develop a force of tens and hundreds of millions of newtons.

The device of the hydraulic press is shown schematically in the figure. The body to be pressed 1 (A) is placed on a platform connected to a large piston 2 (B). The small piston 3 (D) creates a large pressure on the liquid. This pressure is transmitted to every point of the fluid filling the cylinders. Therefore, the same pressure acts on the second, large piston. But since the area of ​​the 2nd (large) piston is greater than the area of ​​the small one, then the force acting on it will be greater than the force acting on piston 3 (D). Under this force, piston 2 (B) will rise. When piston 2 (B) rises, the body (A) rests against the fixed upper platform and is compressed. The pressure gauge 4 (M) measures the fluid pressure. Safety valve 5 (P) automatically opens when the fluid pressure exceeds the allowable value.

From a small cylinder to a large liquid is pumped by repeated movements of the small piston 3 (D). This is done in the following way. When the small piston (D) is lifted, valve 6 (K) opens and liquid is sucked into the space under the piston. When the small piston is lowered under the action of liquid pressure, valve 6 (K) closes, and valve 7 (K") opens, and the liquid passes into a large vessel.

The action of water and gas on a body immersed in them.

Under water, we can easily lift a stone that can hardly be lifted in the air. If you submerge the cork under water and release it from your hands, it will float. How can these phenomena be explained?

We know (§ 38) that the liquid presses on the bottom and walls of the vessel. And if some solid body is placed inside the liquid, then it will also be subjected to pressure, like the walls of the vessel.

Consider the forces that act from the side of the liquid on the body immersed in it. To make it easier to reason, we choose a body that has the shape of a parallelepiped with bases parallel to the surface of the liquid (Fig.). The forces acting on the side faces of the body are equal in pairs and balance each other. Under the influence of these forces, the body is compressed. But the forces acting on the upper and lower faces of the body are not the same. On the upper face presses from above with force F 1 column of liquid tall h 1 . At the level of the lower face, the pressure produces a liquid column with a height h 2. This pressure, as we know (§ 37), is transmitted inside the liquid in all directions. Therefore, on the lower face of the body from the bottom up with a force F 2 presses a liquid column high h 2. But h 2 more h 1 , hence, the modulus of force F 2 more power modules F 1 . Therefore, the body is pushed out of the liquid with a force F vyt, equal to the difference of forces F 2 - F 1 , i.e.

But S·h = V, where V is the volume of the parallelepiped, and ρ W ·V = m W is the mass of fluid in the volume of the parallelepiped. Hence,

F vyt \u003d g m well \u003d P well,

i.e. buoyant force is equal to the weight of the liquid in the volume of the body immersed in it(The buoyant force is equal to the weight of a liquid of the same volume as the volume of the body immersed in it).

The existence of a force that pushes a body out of a liquid is easy to discover experimentally.

On the image A shows a body suspended from a spring with an arrow pointer at the end. The arrow marks the tension of the spring on the tripod. When the body is released into the water, the spring contracts (Fig. b). The same contraction of the spring will be obtained if you act on the body from the bottom up with some force, for example, press it with your hand (raise it).

Therefore, experience confirms that a force acting on a body in a fluid pushes the body out of the fluid.

For gases, as we know, Pascal's law also applies. That's why bodies in the gas are subjected to a force pushing them out of the gas. Under the influence of this force, the balloons rise up. The existence of a force pushing a body out of a gas can also be observed experimentally.

We hang a glass ball or a large flask closed with a cork to a shortened scale pan. The scales are balanced. Then a wide vessel is placed under the flask (or ball) so that it surrounds the entire flask. The vessel is filled with carbon dioxide, the density of which is greater than the density of air (therefore, carbon dioxide goes down and fills the vessel, displacing air from it). In this case, the balance of the scales is disturbed. A cup with a suspended flask rises up (Fig.). A flask immersed in carbon dioxide experiences a greater buoyant force than that which acts on it in air.

The force that pushes a body out of a liquid or gas is directed opposite to the force of gravity applied to this body.

Therefore, prolcosmos). This explains why in the water we sometimes easily lift bodies that we can hardly keep in the air.

A small bucket and a cylindrical body are suspended from the spring (Fig., a). The arrow on the tripod marks the extension of the spring. It shows the weight of the body in the air. Having lifted the body, a drain vessel is placed under it, filled with liquid to the level of the drain tube. After that, the body is completely immersed in the liquid (Fig., b). Wherein part of the liquid, the volume of which is equal to the volume of the body, is poured out from a pouring vessel into a glass. The spring contracts and the pointer of the spring rises to indicate the decrease in the weight of the body in the liquid. In this case, in addition to the force of gravity, another force acts on the body, pushing it out of the fluid. If the liquid from the glass is poured into the upper bucket (i.e., the one that was displaced by the body), then the spring pointer will return to its initial position (Fig., c).

Based on this experience, it can be concluded that the force that pushes a body completely immersed in a liquid is equal to the weight of the liquid in the volume of this body . We reached the same conclusion in § 48.

If a similar experiment were done with a body immersed in some gas, it would show that the force pushing the body out of the gas is also equal to the weight of the gas taken in the volume of the body .

The force that pushes a body out of a liquid or gas is called Archimedean force, in honor of the scientist Archimedes who first pointed to its existence and calculated its significance.

So, experience has confirmed that the Archimedean (or buoyant) force is equal to the weight of the fluid in the volume of the body, i.e. F A = P f = g m and. The mass of liquid m f , displaced by the body, can be expressed in terms of its density ρ w and the volume of the body V t immersed in the liquid (since V l - the volume of the liquid displaced by the body is equal to V t - the volume of the body immersed in the liquid), i.e. m W = ρ W V t. Then we get:

F A= g ρ and · V T

Therefore, the Archimedean force depends on the density of the liquid in which the body is immersed, and on the volume of this body. But it does not depend, for example, on the density of the substance of a body immersed in a liquid, since this quantity is not included in the resulting formula.

Let us now determine the weight of a body immersed in a liquid (or gas). Since the two forces acting on the body in this case are directed in opposite directions (gravity is down, and the Archimedean force is up), then the weight of the body in fluid P 1 will be less than the weight of the body in vacuum P = g m to the Archimedean force F A = g m w (where m w is the mass of liquid or gas displaced by the body).

Thus, if a body is immersed in a liquid or gas, then it loses in its weight as much as the liquid or gas displaced by it weighs.

Example. Determine the buoyant force acting on a stone with a volume of 1.6 m 3 in sea water.

Let's write down the condition of the problem and solve it.

When the floating body reaches the surface of the liquid, then with its further upward movement, the Archimedean force will decrease. Why? But because the volume of the part of the body immersed in the liquid will decrease, and the Archimedean force is equal to the weight of the liquid in the volume of the part of the body immersed in it.

When the Archimedean force becomes equal to the force of gravity, the body will stop and float on the surface of the liquid, partially immersed in it.

The resulting conclusion is easy to verify experimentally.

Pour water into the drain vessel up to the level of the drain pipe. After that, let's immerse the floating body into the vessel, having previously weighed it in the air. Having descended into the water, the body displaces a volume of water equal to the volume of the part of the body immersed in it. After weighing this water, we find that its weight (Archimedean force) is equal to the force of gravity acting on a floating body, or the weight of this body in air.

Having done the same experiments with any other bodies floating in different liquids - in water, alcohol, salt solution, you can make sure that if a body floats in a liquid, then the weight of the liquid displaced by it is equal to the weight of this body in air.

It is easy to prove that if the density of a solid solid is greater than the density of a liquid, then the body sinks in such a liquid. A body with a lower density floats in this liquid. A piece of iron, for example, sinks in water but floats in mercury. The body, on the other hand, whose density is equal to the density of the liquid, remains in equilibrium inside the liquid.

Ice floats on the surface of water because its density is less than that of water.

The lower the density of the body compared to the density of the liquid, the smaller part of the body is immersed in the liquid .

With equal densities of the body and liquid, the body floats inside the liquid at any depth.

Two immiscible liquids, for example water and kerosene, are located in a vessel in accordance with their densities: in the lower part of the vessel - denser water (ρ = 1000 kg / m 3), on top - lighter kerosene (ρ = 800 kg / m 3) .

The average density of living organisms inhabiting the aquatic environment differs little from the density of water, so their weight is almost completely balanced by the Archimedean force. Thanks to this, aquatic animals do not need such strong and massive skeletons as terrestrial ones. For the same reason, the trunks of aquatic plants are elastic.

The swim bladder of a fish easily changes its volume. When the fish, with the help of muscles, descends to a great depth, and the water pressure on it increases, the bubble contracts, the volume of the fish's body decreases, and it does not push upwards, but swims in the depths. Thus, the fish can, within certain limits, regulate the depth of its dive. Whales regulate their diving depth by contracting and expanding their lung capacity.

Sailing ships.

Ships that sail on rivers, lakes, seas and oceans are built from different materials with different densities. The hull of ships is usually made of steel sheets. All internal fasteners that give ships strength are also made of metals. For the construction of ships, various materials are used, which, compared with water, have both higher and lower densities.

How do ships float, take on board and carry large loads?

An experiment with a floating body (§ 50) showed that the body displaces so much water with its underwater part that this water is equal in weight to the weight of the body in air. This is also true for any ship.

The weight of water displaced by the underwater part of the ship is equal to the weight of the ship with cargo in the air or the force of gravity acting on the ship with cargo.

The depth to which a ship is submerged in water is called draft . The deepest allowable draft is marked on the ship's hull with a red line called waterline (from Dutch. water- water).

The weight of water displaced by the ship when submerged to the waterline, equal to the force of gravity acting on the ship with cargo, is called the displacement of the ship.

At present, ships with a displacement of 5,000,000 kN (5 10 6 kN) and more are being built for the transportation of oil, i.e., having a mass of 500,000 tons (5 10 5 t) and more together with the cargo.

If we subtract the weight of the ship itself from the displacement, then we get the carrying capacity of this ship. Carrying capacity shows the weight of the cargo carried by the ship.

Shipbuilding existed in Ancient Egypt, in Phoenicia (it is believed that the Phoenicians were one of the best shipbuilders), Ancient China.

In Russia, shipbuilding originated at the turn of the 17th and 18th centuries. Mainly warships were built, but it was in Russia that the first icebreaker, ships with an internal combustion engine, and the nuclear icebreaker Arktika were built.

Aeronautics.

Drawing describing the balloon of the Montgolfier brothers in 1783: "View and exact dimensions of the Balloon Globe, which was the first." 1786

Since ancient times, people have dreamed of being able to fly above the clouds, to swim in the ocean of air, as they sailed on the sea. For aeronautics

At first, balloons were used, which were filled either with heated air, or with hydrogen or helium.

In order for a balloon to rise into the air, it is necessary that the Archimedean force (buoyancy) F A, acting on the ball, was more than gravity F heavy, i.e. F A > F heavy

As the ball rises, the Archimedean force acting on it decreases ( F A = gρV), since the density of the upper atmosphere is less than that of the Earth's surface. To rise higher, a special ballast (weight) is dropped from the ball and this lightens the ball. Eventually the ball reaches its maximum lift height. To lower the ball, part of the gas is released from its shell using a special valve.

In the horizontal direction, the balloon moves only under the influence of the wind, so it is called balloon (from Greek air- air, stato- standing). Not so long ago, huge balloons were used to study the upper layers of the atmosphere, the stratosphere - stratostats .

Before they learned how to build large aircraft for transporting passengers and cargo by air, controlled balloons were used - airships. They have an elongated shape, a gondola with an engine is suspended under the body, which drives the propeller.

The balloon not only rises by itself, but can also lift some cargo: a cabin, people, instruments. Therefore, in order to find out what kind of load a balloon can lift, it is necessary to determine it. lifting force.

Let, for example, a balloon with a volume of 40 m 3 filled with helium be launched into the air. The mass of helium filling the shell of the ball will be equal to:
m Ge \u003d ρ Ge V \u003d 0.1890 kg / m 3 40 m 3 \u003d 7.2 kg,
and its weight is:
P Ge = g m Ge; P Ge \u003d 9.8 N / kg 7.2 kg \u003d 71 N.
The buoyant force (Archimedean) acting on this ball in the air is equal to the weight of air with a volume of 40 m 3, i.e.
F A \u003d g ρ air V; F A \u003d 9.8 N / kg 1.3 kg / m 3 40 m 3 \u003d 520 N.

This means that this ball can lift a load weighing 520 N - 71 N = 449 N. This is its lifting force.

A balloon of the same volume, but filled with hydrogen, can lift a load of 479 N. This means that its lifting force is greater than that of a balloon filled with helium. But still, helium is used more often, since it does not burn and is therefore safer. Hydrogen is a combustible gas.

It is much easier to raise and lower a balloon filled with hot air. For this, a burner is located under the hole located in the lower part of the ball. Using a gas burner, you can control the temperature of the air inside the ball, which means its density and buoyancy. In order for the ball to rise higher, it is enough to heat the air in it more strongly, increasing the flame of the burner. When the burner flame decreases, the temperature of the air in the ball decreases, and the ball goes down.

It is possible to choose such a temperature of the ball at which the weight of the ball and the cabin will be equal to the buoyancy force. Then the ball will hang in the air, and it will be easy to make observations from it.

As science developed, there were also significant changes in aeronautical technology. It became possible to use new shells for balloons, which became durable, frost-resistant and light.

Achievements in the field of radio engineering, electronics, automation made it possible to design unmanned balloons. These balloons are used to study air currents, for geographical and biomedical research in the lower layers of the atmosphere.

  • The shape and structure of molecules are quite complex. But let's try to imagine them in the form of small balls. This will allow us to apply the laws of mechanics to the description of the process of impact of molecules on the vessel walls, in particular, Newton's second law.
  • We assume that the gas molecules are at a sufficiently large distance from each other, so that the forces of interaction between them are negligible. If there are no interaction forces between the particles, the potential energy of interaction is equal to zero, respectively. Let's call a gas that meets these properties, perfect .
  • It is known that gas molecules move at different speeds. However, let us average the velocities of the molecules and we will consider them the same.
  • Let us assume that the impacts of molecules on the walls of the vessel are absolutely elastic (the molecules behave on impact like rubber balls, and not like a piece of plasticine). In this case, the velocities of the molecules change only in direction, but remain the same in magnitude. Then the change in the velocity of each molecule upon impact is –2υ.

Having introduced such simplifications, we calculate the pressure of the gas on the walls of the vessel.


The force acts on the wall from many molecules. It can be calculated as the product of the force acting from one molecule and the number of molecules moving in the vessel in the direction of this wall. Since space is three-dimensional and each dimension has two directions: positive and negative, we can assume that one sixth of all molecules (with a large number of them) move in the direction of one wall: N = N 0 / 6.

The force acting on the wall from one molecule is equal to the force acting on the molecule from the side of the wall. The force acting on the molecule from the side of the wall is equal to the product of the mass of one molecule and the acceleration that it receives when it hits the wall:

F" \u003d m 0 a.

Acceleration, on the other hand, is a physical quantity determined by the ratio of the change in speed to the time during which this change occurred: a = Δυ / t.

The change in speed is equal to the double value of the speed of the molecule before the impact: Δυ = –2υ .

If a molecule behaves like a rubber ball, it is not difficult to imagine the process of impact: the molecule, upon impact, is deformed. The process of compression and decompression takes time. While the molecule acts on the wall of the vessel, a certain number of molecules still have time to hit the latter, located at distances not farther from it l = υt. (For example, relatively speaking, let the molecules have a speed of 100 m / s. The impact lasts 0.01 s. Then during this time the molecules will have time to reach the wall and contribute to the pressure of the molecules located at distances of 10, 50, 70 cm from it, but not more than 100 cm).

We will consider the volume of the vessel V = lS .

Substituting all the formulas into the original one, we get the equation:

where: is the mass of one molecule, is the average value of the square of the velocity of molecules, N is the number of molecules in the volume V .

Let us make some explanations about one of the quantities included in the resulting equation.

Since the movement of molecules is chaotic and there is no predominant movement of molecules in the vessel, their average velocity is zero. But it is clear that this does not apply to every single molecule.

To calculate the pressure of an ideal gas on the vessel wall, not the average value of the x-component of the molecular velocity is used, but the average value of the square of the velocity

To make the introduction of this quantity more understandable, consider a numerical example.

Let four molecules have velocities of 1, 2, 3, 4 arb. units

The square of the average velocity of molecules is:

The average value of the square of the speed is:

The average values ​​of the projections of the square of the velocity on the x, y, z axes are related to the average value of the square of the velocity by the ratio.

The picture of the motions of molecules in a gas will be incomplete if we do not consider the collisions of molecules with the surface of any body in the gas, in particular with the walls of a vessel containing gas, and with each other.

Indeed, making random movements, the molecules from time to time approach the walls of the vessel or the surface of other bodies at fairly small distances. In the same way, molecules can come close enough to each other. In this case, interaction forces arise between the gas molecules or between the gas molecule and the molecules of the wall substance, which very quickly decrease with distance. Under the action of these forces, the gas molecules change the direction of their movement. This process (change of direction) is known to be called a collision.

Collisions between molecules play a very important role in the behavior of a gas. And we will study them in detail later. Now it is important to take into account the collisions of molecules with the walls of the vessel or with any other surface in contact with the gas. It is the interaction of gas molecules and walls that determines the force experienced by the walls from the side of the gas, and, of course, the oppositely directed force equal to it, experienced by the gas from the side of the walls. It is clear that the greater the force experienced by the wall from the side of the gas, the greater the area of ​​its surface. In order not to use a quantity that depends on such a random factor as the dimensions of the wall, it is customary to characterize the action of the gas on the wall not by force, but by

pressure, i.e., the force per unit area of ​​the wall surface, normal to this force:

The property of a gas to exert pressure on the walls of a vessel containing it is one of the main properties of a gas. It is by its pressure that the gas most often reveals its presence. Therefore, the pressure value is one of the main characteristics of the gas.

The pressure of the gas on the walls of the vessel, as suggested back in the 18th century. Daniel Bernoulli, is a consequence of countless collisions of gas molecules with walls. These impacts of molecules against the walls lead to some displacements of the particles of the wall material and, hence, to its deformation. The deformed wall acts on the gas by an elastic force directed at each point perpendicular to the wall. This force is equal in absolute value and opposite in direction to the force with which the gas acts on the wall.

Although the forces of interaction of each individual molecule with the molecules of the wall during a collision are unknown, nevertheless, the laws of mechanics make it possible to find the average force arising from the combined action of all gas molecules, i.e., to find the gas pressure.

Let us assume that the gas is enclosed in a vessel having the shape of a parallelepiped (Fig. 2) and that the gas is in a state of equilibrium. In this case, this means that the gas as a whole is at rest relative to the walls of the vessel: the number of molecules moving in any arbitrary direction is on average equal to the number of molecules whose velocities are directed in the opposite direction.

Let us calculate the gas pressure on one of the walls of the vessel, for example, on the right side wall. 2. No matter how the velocities of the molecules are directed, we will be interested only in the projections of the velocities of the molecules on the X axis: towards the wall, the molecules move precisely with the speed

Let us mentally single out a gas layer of thickness A adjacent to the chosen wall. From the side of the deformed wall, an elastic force C acts on it with the same absolute value

force and the gas acts on the wall. According to Newton's second law, the momentum of the force (some arbitrary period of time) is equal to the change in the momentum of the gas in our layer. But the gas is in a state of equilibrium, so that the layer does not receive any increment of momentum in the direction of the force impulse (against the positive direction of the X axis). This happens because, due to molecular motions, the selected layer receives an impulse of the opposite direction and, of course, the same absolute value. It's easy to calculate.

With random movements of gas molecules over time, a certain number of molecules enter our layer from left to right and the same number of molecules leave it in the opposite direction - from right to left. Incoming molecules carry a certain momentum with them. The outgoing ones carry the same momentum of the opposite sign, so that the total momentum received by the layer is equal to the algebraic sum of the momenta of the molecules entering the layer and leaving it.

Let's find the number of molecules entering our layer on the left during the time

During this time, those molecules that are located at a distance not exceeding from it can approach the boundary on the left. They are located in the volume of a parallelepiped with the base area of ​​the wall under consideration) and length, i.e., in volume. the indicated volume contains molecules. But of these, only half moves from left to right and enters the layer. The other half moves away from it and misses the layer. Therefore, during the time, molecules enter the layer from left to right.

Each of them has a momentum (the mass of a molecule), and the total momentum they contribute to the layer is equal to

During the same time, the layer leaves, moving from right to left, the same number of molecules with the same total momentum, but of the opposite sign. Thus, due to the arrival of molecules with positive momentum into the layer and the departure of molecules with negative momentum from it, the total change in the momentum of the layer is equal to

It is this change in the momentum of the layer that compensates for the change that should have occurred under the action of the momentum of the force. Therefore, we can write:

Dividing both sides of this equality by we get:

Until now, we have silently assumed that all gas molecules have the same velocity projections. In reality, of course, this is not the case. And the velocities of the molecules and their projections on the X axis are, of course, different for different molecules. The question of the difference in the velocities of gas molecules under equilibrium conditions will be considered in detail in § 12. For now, let us take into account the difference in the velocities of molecules and their projections on the coordinate axes by replacing the quantity entering formula (2.1) with its average value, so that the formula for the pressure 2.1) we will give the form:

For the speed of each molecule, we can write:

(the last equality means that the order of the averaging and addition operations can be changed). Due to the complete disorder of molecular motions, it can be assumed that the average values ​​of the squares of the velocity projections on the three coordinate axes are equal to each other, i.e.

And this means, taking into account (2.3), that

Substituting this expression into formula (2.2), we obtain:

or, multiplying and dividing the right side of this equality by two,

The above simple reasoning is valid for any wall of the vessel and for any area that can mentally be placed in the gas. In all cases, we obtain for the gas pressure the result expressed by formula (2.4). The value in formula (2.4) is the average kinetic energy of one gas molecule. Therefore, the pressure of the gas is two-thirds

the average kinetic energy of molecules contained in a unit volume of gas.

This is one of the most important conclusions of the kinetic theory of an ideal gas. Formula (2.4) establishes a relationship between molecular quantities, i.e., quantities related to an individual molecule, and the pressure value characterizing the gas as a whole - a macroscopic value, directly measured experimentally. Equation (2.4) is sometimes called the basic equation of the kinetic theory of ideal gases.