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According to second law of thermodynamics :

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Important Questions on Use mathematical representations to support the claim that atoms, and therefore mass, are conserved during a chemical reaction.

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Two ideal Carnot engines operate in a cascade (all heat given up by one engine is used by the other engine to produce work) between temperatures, T1 and T2 . The temperature of the hot reservoir of the first engine is T1 and the temperature of the cold reservoir of the second engine is T2. T is the temperature of the sink of the first engine which is also the source for the second engine. How is T related to T1 and T2, if both the engines perform an equal amount of work?
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Graphs below show the entropy versus energy U of two systems 1 and 2 at constant volume. The initial energies of the systems are indicated by U1, i and U2, i , respectively. Graphs are drawn to the same scale. The systems are then brought into thermal contact with each other. Assume that, at all times the combined energy of the two systems remains constant. Choose the most appropriate option indicating the energies of the two systems and the total entropy after they achieve the equilibrium.

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One mole of an ideal monatomic gas undergoes the following four reversible processes:
Step 1 : It is first compressed adiabatically from volume V1 to 1 m2.
Step 2 : then expanded isothermally to volume 10 m3
Step 3 : then expanded adiabatically to volume V3
Step 4 : then compressed isothermally to volume V1. If the efficiency of the above cycle is 34 then V1 is
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One mole of an ideal gas at 300 K in thermal contact with its surroundings expands isothermally from 1.0 L to 2.0 L against a constant pressure of 3.0 atm. In this process, the change in entropy of the surroundings Ssurr in J K-1 is:

1 L atm = 101.3 J
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Consider a two stage Carnot engine. In the first stage heat Q1 is absorbed at temperature T and heat Q2 is expelled at temperature αT (where α<1). In the second stage heat Q2 is absorbed at temperature αT and heat Q3 is expelled at temperature βT(β<α). The efficiency of the Carnot engine will be
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The entropy change associated with the conversion of 1 kg of ice at 273 K to water vapours at 383 K is:

(Specific heat of water liquid and water vapour are 4.2 kJ K- and 2.0 kJ K-1kg-1 ; heat of liquid fusion and vaporization of water are 334 kJ kg-1 and 2491 kJ kg-1 , respectively). ( log 273=2.436,log373=2.572,log383=2.583 )
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An engine operating between the boiling and freezing points of water will have

A. Efficiency more than 27%.

B. Efficiency less than the efficiency of a Carnot engine operating between the same two temperatures.

C. Efficiency equal to 27%.

D. Efficiency less than 27%.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below