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Experimental Report 6
DETERMINATION OF SPECIFIC HEAT RATIO OF AIR
BASED ON CLEMENT DESORME'S METHOD
Verification of the Name: Bùi Hoàng Quang Huy instructors Student ID: 202414727 Class: 760048 Group: 5
I. Purpose of experiment
- To determine the specific heat ratio 𝛾 = 𝐶𝑝/ 𝐶𝑣 for air.
II. LAB Report - The measurement results: H=260mm Trials L1 (mm) L2 (mm) h (mm) = L2 - L1 1 265 205 60 2 267 203 64 3 265 205 60 4 265 205 60 5 265 205 60 6 265 205 60 7 265 205 60 8 265 205 60 9 267 203 64 10 265 205 60 The mean value of h: 10 h=110∑ hi = 60.8 (mm) i=1 The uncertainty of h: √10∑(h i−h )2 = 4 √10 = 0.5 (mm) Δh= i=1 25 10 Therefore: h± Δh=60.8± 0.5 (mm)
The mean value of gamma and its uncertainty in equation: γ=H H−h =H1 (H−h )−1 γ=H 260 = = 1.305 H−h 260−60.8 Δγ γ= √(ΔH)2+(√(ΔH) )2 H 2+ (Δh)2×1H−h Since H is a constant value ΔH = => 0 Δγ γ=Δh× 1 H−h
Δγ =γ(Δh×1H−h) = 1.31( 0.5 ) 260−60.8 = 3 ×10−3 Therefore: γ± Δγ=¿ 1.305 ±0.003
We can calculate theoretically the specific heat ratio of air by using the
equation γ= i +2 where i = 5 is the Degree of Freedom (DOF) of ideal gas i
(in this case it is air). Hence, we get: γ= i +2 =5 + 2=1.40 i5
The discrepancy between the measured value and the true value: 1.400-1.305 = 0.095 =>Relative 0.095 error versus theory: 1.40 = 6.8% The experimental
result is different from the theoretical result due to
instrumental errors, observational
errors and environmental uncertainties.