PRESSURE COOKING

 QUESTION 

Why is food cooked quickly in a pressure cooker ?

Boiling:

 The process in which a liquid changes into gaseous state at a constant temperature and pressure is called boiling. 

Example: water boils at 100°C to change into steam.

Boiling  point:

The temperature at which boiling takes place at a given pressure is called boiling point. 

Example: The boiling point of water is 100°C. 

Boiling of  a liquid starts when the vapour pressure of the liquid heated is equal to the air pressure above the liquid surface. If we can increase the pressure above the liquid surface then boiling is  delayed and hence the boiling point is increased. 

So, when steam is retained inside the cooker, boiling point of the liquid increases to 120-125°C.

As the food is cooked at higher temperature in the pressure vessel, it is cooked easily and quickly.

PRISM and ANGLE OF PRISM

 PRISM

Prism is a transparent retracting medium bounded by at least two plane surfaces inclined at a certain angle.

ANGLE OF PRISM

The angle between two retracting surfaces of a prism is called angle of prism.

ANGLE OF DEVIATION

The angle between the direction of incident ray and the emergent ray is called angle of deviation. 

The angle of deviation depends on

1. Angle of incidence. 

With the increase in the angle of incidence , the angle of deviation first decreases ,then reach a minimum value then it also increases.

2.Refractive index of the material of the prism.

With the increase in the refractive index angle of deviation increases.

3. Colour o wavelength  of light 

With the increase in wavelength of light used, the angle of deviation decreases . Red is deviated the least and violet the most. 

4. Angle of prism or thickness of the prism 

The angle of deviation increases with increase in the  the angle of  de prism.

PASCAL'S LAW

 PASCAL'S LAW:

The pressure exerted at any point in a confined liquid is transmitted equally and undiminished in all direction throughout the liquid.

Pressure at a point in a liquid =F/A, Pressure at any other point in the liquid=F'/A'

As pressure is transmitted equally,   F/A=F'/A'

Applications

1.Hydraulic press.

2. Hydraulic lift.

3.  Hydraulic brakes.

CRITICAL ANGLE FOR DIFFERENT COLOURS OF LIGHT

 CRITICAL ANGLE:

The critical angle is the angle of incidence in the denser medium for which the angle of refraction in the rarer medium is 90°.

FACTORS:

The critical angle of a medium depends on

1. The relative refractive index of the denser medium with respect to the rarer medium. Greater the refractive index, smaller the critical angle. 

For example: refractive index of glass is 1.5, critical angle is 42° and for diamond, refractive index is 2.4, the critical angle is 24°

2. The colour(wavelength) of the light. Longer the wavelength, greater  is the the value of the critical angle.

For example:  Red has longest wavelength among seven colours, so it has maximum value of the critical angle for a medium.