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Lecture 1

Chemistry for Engineers

Dimensional
Analysis
Engr. Sherald “Shed” G. Agustin
Licensed Chemical Engineer
Instructor
DIMENSIONAL
ANALYSIS
Topic
Objectives
1. Understand the concept of dimensional analysis.
2. Calculate dimensional analysis-related problems.
Dimension

A physical property which describes a way any physical quantity is


related to fundamental physical quantities.
Analysis of the relationships between different
physical quantities by identifying their fundamental
dimensions such as length, mass, time.

DIMENSIONAL
ANALYSIS
Physical Quantity
A physical property of a
phenomenon, body or substances
that can be quantified by
measurement.
Can be expressed as the combination
of a number and a unit or
combination of units.
Unit

Unit is a reference used as the


standard measurement of a
physical quantity.
Types of Physical Quantity

Fundamental physical quantities – primary/basic,


cannot be expressed in terms of any other physical
quantity

Derived physical quantities – secondary, based on


other physical quantities
Conversion Factors
To convert between units, figure out what conversion
factor you need to perform your calculation
EXAMPLE
DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS

S
Example 1

Reniel drank 27 liters of water.


How many milliliters of water
did he drink?
Example 2

Francis used mercury in her


experiment. What is the density of
mercury (13.6 g/) in units of kg/?
Example 3

Give the volume in liters of a box


which is 2.4 yards by 2.4 inches by
2.4 feet in size?
CF: 3 ft = 1 yd; 12 in = 1ft
Example 4
The largest single rough diamond ever
found, the Cullinan Diamond, weighed
3106 carats. One carat is equivalent to the
mass of 0.20 grams. What is the mass of
this diamond in milligrams? Weight in
pounds?
Example 5
A local zoning ordinance says that a house’s
“footprint” (area of its ground floor) cannot occupy
more than ¼ of the lot it is built on. Suppose you
own a 1/3 -acre lot (1 acre = 43,560 ft 2). What is
the maximum allowed footprint for your house in
square feet?
Example 6
The track record for the fastest stock car
at Talladega Speedway is 212.809 miles
per hour, set by Bill Elliott in 1987. If the
track length is 4.28 km, how many
seconds will it take to complete two laps
around the track?
Example 7
The average distance between the
earth and sun is approximately
93,000,000 miles. Express this
distance in centimeters.
Example 8

A chemist was traveling 2850 cm/s


on his way to work. Could he be
cited for speeding if the speed limit
was 60 miles/h ?
Example 9

The food that the average


American eats in one day provides
2000 Calories of energy. How
many Calories per second is this?
Seat work No. 1
In a sheet of paper, provide the complete solutions for the following:

7. The average distance between the Moon


1. 7 miles to yards and the Earth measures 238,857 miles. What
2. 234 oz to tons is this distance in kilometers?
3. 4.5 ft2 to square yards
8. A certain pancake recipe calls for 3.5 tsp of
4. 8 km2 to square feet baking powder to be used to make the batter.
5. 0.0065 km3 to cubic meters How many cups of baking powder is 3.5 tsp?
6. 153 ft/s to miles per hour
9. Usain Bolt, eight-time Olympic gold
medalist, ran the 100-meter event with an
average speed of 10.4 m/s. What is this speed
in miles per hour?
Thanks!
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