GATE Mechanical Engineering (ME) 2015 Shift 1 Solved Paper

Temperature of nitrogen in a vessel of volume 2 m³ is 288 K. A U-tube manometer connected to the vessel shows a reading of 70 cm of mercury (level higher in the end open to atmosphere). The universal gas constant is 8314 J/kmol-K, atmospheric pressure is 1.01325 bar, acceleration due to gravity is 9.81 m/s² and density of mercury is 13600 kg/m³. The mass of nitrogen (in kg) in the vessel is