Tutorial 1-2

1) An asian grocery received a sample of freshly harvest corn

kernels from its supplier. If 1.0kg of corn kernels has a mass in fluid
of 0.2kg and a volume of 1.44x10-3m3
a) Calculate the density of the sample
b) What conclusion can you make on the answer of question A?

2) The viscosity of water at 77oF is given as 8.94x10-4 lb ft-1s-1.

Calculate this viscosity in N s m-2.

3) It was shown that the volume of an irregularly-shaped potato is

approximately 60.95cm3. What is the surface area of this potato?

4) Calculate the specific surface area of irregularly-shaped salt

crystals if the volume of all particles in the sample is known to be
11.54m3 and the surface area of all salt particles is known to be 28
m2 .

Intermezzo
1) After being measured using hydrostatic balance, it is found that
the volume of a kidney bean is known to be 5ml.
a) Calculate the diameter equivalent sphere of the kidney bean in
m.
b) Calculate the surface area of the kidney bean in m2.

Intermezzo!
2) It is found that the terminal velocity of granulated sugar in falling
ball viscometer filled with water is 9.2x10-2ms-1. If the dynamic
viscosity of water is 1.002mPas, p of water is 1000 kg m-3, p of sugar
is 1590 kgm-3 , and gravitational acceleration is 10ms-2, calculate
the diameter of the sugar particle based on both Stokes and
Newtons equations.

Intermezzo!
3) A container of powdered sugar was just sent from the supplier to
a company producing sugar-coated sweets. The QA officer wanted
to ensure that the specific surface of the sugar particle fulfills the
product specifications. It was known that the surface area of all
particles in the sample is 83.7m2 an the weight was 24 tonnes,
ps=1.59g/ml, pb =800kg/m3
a) calculate the specific surface of sugar particles based on mass
b) calculate the specific surface of sugar particle based on volume
c) Calculate the specific surface of sugar in bulk

Intermezzo?
In the production of hard candy, 92.55kg of sugar is boiled in 40.35
kg water. During the process, 39.2kg of water is evaporated. How
much is the moisture content of the hard candy in percentage?

Chap4
Intermezzo!
1) Calculate the specific volume of water vapor at 100oc with partial
pressure of 101.32kPa, and at 201.42oc with partial pressure of 1.5
Mpa. Gas constant for water vapor is known to be 461.5 (m3 Pa)/(kg
K).