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Choose the correct statement for processes A & B shown in figure.

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Important Questions on Thermodynamics

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The Volume V of a monoatomic gas varies with its temperature T, as shown in the graph. The ratio of work done by the gas, to the heat absorbed by it, when it undergoes a change from state A to state B, is

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A sample of 0.1g of water at 100 oC and normal pressure 1.013×105 N m-2 requires 54cal of heat energy to convert to steam at 100 oC. If the volume of the steam produced is 167.1cc, the change in internal energy of the sample, is
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Half mole of an ideal monoatomic gas is heated at a constant pressure of 1atm from 20° C to 90° C. Work done by the gas is(Gas constant,R=8.21 J mol-1 K-1)
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For the given cyclic process CAB as shown for a gas, the work done is:

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One mole of an ideal monatomic gas is compressed isothermally in a rigid vessel to double its pressure at room temperature, 27oC . The magnitude of work done on the gas will be:
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For a diatomic ideal gas in a closed system, which of the following plots does not correctly describe the relation between various thermodynamic quantities?
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2 kg of a monoatomic gas is at a pressure of 4×104 N m-2. The density of the gas is 8kg m-3. What is the order of energy of the gas due to its thermal motion?
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One mole of an ideal diatomic gas undergoes a transition from A to B along a path AB as shown in the figure,

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The change in internal energy of the gas during the transition is:

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The molar specific heat of an ideal gas at constant pressure and constant volume is Cp and Cυ respectively. If R is the universal gas constant and the ratio of Cp to Cυ is γ then Cυ=
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Consider a spherical shell of radius R at temperature T. The black body radiation inside it can be considered as an ideal gas of photons with internal energy per unit volume u=UVT4 and pressure p=13UV . If the shell now undergoes an adiabatic expansion the relation between T and R is:
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An ideal gas is compressed to half of its initial volume by means of several processes. Which of the process results in the maximum work done on the gas?
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Graph of specific heat at constant volume for a monatomic gas is
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4.0g of a gas occupies 22.4 liters at NTP. The specific heat capacity of the gas at constant volume is 5.0 J K-1 mol-1 . If the speed of sound in this gas at NTP is 952 m s-1 , then the heat capacity at constant pressure is

(Take gas constant R=8.3 J K-1 mol-1 )
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An ideal monoatomic gas occupies a volume of 2 m3 at a pressure of 3×106 Pa. The energy of the gas is:
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One mole of diatomic ideal gas undergoes a cyclic process ABC as shown in figure. The process BC is adiabatic. The temperatures at A, B and C are 400 K, 800 K and 600 K respectively. Choose the correct statement :

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The heat capacity of one mole an ideal is found to be CV=3R1+aRT2 where a is constant. The equation obeyed by this gas during a reversible adiabatic expansion is:
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An ideal gas is taken reversibly around the cycle a-b-c-d-a as shown on the T (temperature) - S (entropy) diagram

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The most appropriate representation of above cycle on a U (internal energy)-V (volume) diagram is

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A gas is compressed isothermally to half its initial volume. The same gas is compressed separately through an adiabatic process until its volume is again reduced to half. Then:
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Two moles of an ideal gas are allowed to expand from a volume of 10 dm3 to 2 m3 at 300 K against a pressure of 101.325 KPaCalculate the work done.
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The molar specific heats of an ideal gas at constant pressure and volume are denoted by CP and CV, respectively. If γ=CPCV and R is the universal gas constant, the CV is equal to