Definitions And Quick Facts Flashcards

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Define meter

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SI base unit for measurement where 1 m is the distance travelled by light in a vacuum in a fixed time period. (1/3millonth of a second )

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What is the SI base unit for time ?

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The second is the SI base unit for time. It is defined based on the frequency of radiation emitted from caesium 133

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What is the SI base unit for mass , define this?

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Kg
Used to be defined compared to an object in Paris
Now compared to the second and meter using planks constant

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Define 1 mole

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1 mole defines the number of particles in 12g of carbon 12 which is 6.022x10^23. 1 mole of any substance contains this many particles

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What is the SI base unit for temperature. Define this

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Kelvin
1 kelvin is defined as 1/273.16 the thermodynamic temp of the triple point of water
0 kelvin is absolute 0 where all motion / entropy of a system ceases

Now defined by botzman constant which is an objects energy based on kg, meters and seconds

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Define ampere

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The SI base unit for electrical current
Where 1 ampere is the current required to produce a force of 2x10^7 N of force when 2 wires of infinite length are 1 m apart in a vacuum.
Also defined by amount of charge passing a point per second

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Define candela

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The SI base unit for luminous intensity of light
Based on the luminous intensity in a given direction of a source that emits monochromatic radiation in a specified frequency and intensity.

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What SI derived units for mechanics do you know

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Force N = kg x m/s2. 1 N is the force required to accelerate 1kg by 1m/s2

Pressure = pascal. N/ m2

Energy = joules = N.m force x distance

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What derived units of electricity do you know

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Power (watts)= joules / second

Charge (Coloumb) = ampere x second

Volt = watts / amp = measure of potential difference

Farad = unit for capacitance. 1 farad stores 1 coloumb of charge when 1 Volt is applied
F = C/V C is coloumb

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What other units are there for pressure , what are the conversions

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Pascal = SI unit

100kpa =

1020 cmH20
750 mmHg
1 Barr
14.6psi

1atm = 101.325 kpa

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What is dyne

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Measure if pressure
10,000 dyne = 1k pa

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State the standard temp and pressure

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1atm
0 degrees C (273.15 kelvin )

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How much energy in 1 calorie ?

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4.18 joules

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Specific heat capacity of water

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4.18 joules

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What factors effect rate of diffusions

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Ficks law
Grahams law
Temp

Ficks = area x conc diff/ thickness
Grahams = 1/ root MW
Temp increases rate of diffusion

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What factors effect rate of diffusions

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Ficks law
Grahams law
Temp
Solubility of a gas in a solute

Ficks = area x conc diff/ thickness
Grahams = 1/ root MW
Temp increases rate of diffusion

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What affects solubility of a gas in a liquid ?

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Molecular weight
Properties of gas and liquid e.g ability to make molecular interactions
Partial pressure of air in equilibrium- henry
Temp - reduces gas in liquid

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Define Henry’s law

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States at a specific temp the amount of gas dissolved in a liquid is proportional to the partial pressure of gas in equilibrium with that liquid

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Define critical temp

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Temperature at which a gas can not be liquified regardless of the pressure applied. Above this, the substance is said to be a gas and below a vapour

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SVP for all inhalation agents..

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sevo =22.5
iso = 33
en = 23
halothane = 32
desflurane = 89
xenon = high
N20 = 5200

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Boiling point of inhalation agents

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sevo = 59
iso = 50
en = 60
halothane = 50
desflurane = 23
xenon = -108
N20 = -88

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MAC of all inhaled agents

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sevo =2.0
iso = 1.17
en = 1.7
halothane = 0.75
desflurane = 6.6
xenon = 70
N20 = 103

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B:G of inhaled agents..

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sevo = 0.7
iso = 1.4
en = 1.9
halothane = 2.5
desflurane = 0.42
xenon = 0.14
N20 = 0.47

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O:G for inhaled agents

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sevo =47
iso = 90
en = 98
halothane = 225
desflurane = 26
xenon = 1.9
N20 = 1.4

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define boyles law
one of the ideal gas laws states that at a set temp pressure is inversely proportional to volume P ∝ 1/V
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define charles law..
one of the ideal gas laws that states at a constant pressure volume is directly proportional to temp change V ∝ T
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define gay lussacs law..
one of the ideal gas laws that states at a constant volume, pressure is proptional to temp change P ∝ T
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what is the universal gas law?
PV = nRT where n = number of moles R= universal gas constant 8.31J/K/mol
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what is a perfect gas..
a gas that obeys all 3 laws molecules are infinitely small size with no volume no force of attraction between them Hydrogen is closest however other gases obey laws relatively well.
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what is avogadros principle?
1 mole of any gas will occupy 22.4L at standard temp and pressure.
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define standard temp and pressure
1 atm 273.15 K (0 degrees)
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how does a hot air balloon work?
heat the air increases volume less dense air rises charles law
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define daltons law..
daltons law of partial pressures states that each gas exerts a partial pressure of its own in a mixture and the total pressure of a gas mixtures is a sum of individual partial pressures.
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what is the kinetic gas theory?
model for an ideal gas gases are moving randomly with kinetic energy there volume is a lot smaller than volume between them they travel in straight lines but may collide with eachother and walls of container no attractive foces
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what is the formula for kinetic energy?
kinetic energy = 1/2 m v^2 mass x velocity squared
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why is N20 liquidified at room temp but not O2...
critical temp N20 = 36.5 O2 = -119 need to cool and apply pressure to liquidify O2 only need to apply pressure to liquidify N20
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critical temp for CO2
30 degrees
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critical pressure for O2, N20 and CO2
N20 = 72 bar O2 = 50bar CO2= 73 bar
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define the triple point of water..
point at which all phases of water - solid, liquid and gas are in equilibrium occurs at 0.01 degrees, 611kpa (0.006atm)
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state ficks law of diffusion..
rate of diffusion ∝ A (Conc dif) / D A = area D = distance / thickness
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state grahams law..
diffusion of a gas ∝ 1/ root MW
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what is an adiabatic process
if a gas expands quickly it hasnt got time to take heat from surrounding so instead it cools e.g. cryroprobes - N20 or CO2
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boiling point of O2, N20 and CO2
-183 O2 - 88 N20 - 80 CO2
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define temperature
Average kinetic energy of a substance ≈ intensity of heat present in a substance
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define heat
Total kinetic energy of a substance
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define a coloumb
SI unit for charge where 1 coloumb is equivalent to 6.24x10^18 electrons or the charge that passes a point when 1 ampere of current flows for 1 second
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define charge
a property of a particle/object that causes attraction/repulsion to other charged objects usually comes from imbalance of electrons/ protons
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define resistance
the opposition to flow this may be opposition to flow of current in electrical circuits or opposition to flow of fluid in electricity its measured in ohms where 1 ohm is the resistance present when 1 V produces 1 amp of current.
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define current
measure of flow of charge i.e. coulombs/ sec measured in ampere which is the SI base unit. 1 ampere is the current required to produce 2x10^-7N of force when 2 wires are 1 meter apart in a vacuum of infinite length current can be AC or DC
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define voltage
this is the potential difference and the driving force for current. 1 volt is the energy required to move 1 coulomb of charge between 2 points V = J / C also related to amps and wats via W= AV
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what is impedence
sum of reactance and resistance in AC circuits. measured in ohms
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what is reactance
the opposition to flow of AC current sum of inductance and capacitive reactance measured in ohm,s
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define power
the rate at which work is done measured in watts where watts = joule / sec
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define magnetism
a physical property associated with the motion of electrical charge in a material. it has the ability to allign with other magnets or induce ferromagnets.
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define a ferromagnet
a material that exhibits strong magnetism due to allignment of magnetic moments with a magnetic field
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define magnetic flux
the strength of a magnetic field measured in weber
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define magnetic flux density
strength of a magnetic field per unit area wb / m2 = Tesla
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define a weber
weber is a unit of magnetic flux whereby 1 weber produces 1 volt if a coil of wire with 1 turn were allowed to decay over 1 second
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what is meant by dimagnetic and paramagenetic
dimagnetic - material that is not magnetic / repelled by magnetics paramagnetic - materials weakly attracted to a magnetic field
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define inductor
Ability for a coil of wire to produce a backwards EMF that resists the flow of current when exposed to changing current measrued in henry
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define capacitance
ability for a component to store charge measured in farads farads is the charge stored per voltage applied to a capacitor
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define henry
SI derived unit for inductance where 1 henry is the inductance that produces a magnetic field of 1wb is produced from 1 ampere of current
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define transistor
a piece of electrical equiptment that allows flow of current if there is current flowing in a 3rd limb can act to control current flow
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# d define a battery
consists of collection of cells which contain 2 half cells and convert chemical energy to electrical energy
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define SVP
the pressure of the vapour phase of a substance in equilibrium with its liquid phase at a specified temp
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define critical pressure
the pressure that is required to liquify a substance at its critical temp
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define boiling point
the point at which the SVP equals the atmospheric pressure hence either boils if increase temp or reduce atm pressure.
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define partition coefficient
a ratio of the amount of substance in one phase compared to another when 2 phases are of equal volumes, at equal temp and pressure and in equilibrium. for O:G - at 37 degrees relates to potency for B:G at 37 degrees relates to speed of onset
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define mac
minimum alveolar conc conc of agent that prevents 50% of subjects aged 40 responding to a standard surgical incision when breathing 100% O2 at 1atm with no other anaesthetic agents.
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define calibration
comparison of an individual measuring device with a reference of known true values.
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define drift
a loss of calibration overtime. needs to be recalibrated a fixed deviation from the true value
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define acuracy
the ability for a measurement device to match the actual value
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precision
the reproducibility of repeated measurements and their measure of spread
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