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In the Challenger Deep of the Marianas Trench, the depth of water is 10.9 km and the pressure is 1.16 x 10^8 Pa.
a) if a cubic meter of sea water is taken from the surface to this depth, what is the chane in its volume?
b) what is the density of seawater at this depth?
Take the bulk modulus of seawater as 2.22 x 10^9 Pa.
The bulk modulus is E = 2.2*10^9 Pa
The fractional change in volume is:
dV/V = P/E = 1.16*10^8/2.22*10^9 = 0.0523.. which is a 5.2% decrease in volume (and increase in density)
(a) A cubic meter (at the surface) becomes 0.948 m^3.
(b) Look up the density of ocean water and divide it by 0.948 for the density at the 10.9 km depth.
Sure! I'd be happy to walk you through the steps and calculations to solve these problems.
a) To find the change in volume of the sea water, we can use the Bulk modulus equation:
Bulk modulus (K) = -V * ΔP / ΔV
Where:
- K is the bulk modulus of seawater
- V is the initial volume of seawater
- ΔP is the change in pressure
- ΔV is the change in volume
In this case, we are given the values for K, ΔP, and V, and we need to solve for ΔV.
Rearranging the equation:
ΔV = -V * ΔP / K
Now we can substitute in the given values:
ΔV = (-1 * V * ΔP) / K
V = 1 cubic meter
ΔP = 1.16 x 10^8 Pa
K = 2.22 x 10^9 Pa
Plugging in the values:
ΔV = (-1 * 1 * (1.16 x 10^8)) / (2.22 x 10^9)
Simplifying the expression:
ΔV = -0.052 metric cubic meter
Therefore, the change in volume of the seawater is approximately -0.052 metric cubic meter when it is taken from the surface to the Challenger Deep.
b) To find the density of seawater at this depth, we can use the equation:
Density (ρ) = mass / volume
Here, we already know the change in volume from part a, and we need to find the mass.
Since the initial volume of the seawater is 1 cubic meter, the mass of the seawater is equal to its density. Therefore, we need to find the density of seawater at this depth.
ρ = mass / (V + ΔV)
V = 1 cubic meter
ΔV = -0.052 metric cubic meter
Now we can calculate the density:
ρ = 1 / (1 - 0.052)
ρ = 1 / 0.948
ρ ≈ 1.055 kg/m^3
Therefore, the density of seawater at this depth is approximately 1.055 kg/m^3.