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Define inter-particle force.

Important Questions on Develop a model that predicts and describes changes in particle motion, temperature, and state of a pure substance when thermal energy is added or removed.

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X g of ice at 0oC is added to 340g of water at 20oC . The final temperature of the resultant mixture is 5oC . The value of X (in g) is closest to

[Heat of fusion of ice =333 J/g ; Specific heat of water =4.184 J/g.K ]
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A system consisting of 1 mol of an ideal gas undergoes a reversible process, ABCA (schematically indicated in the figure below). If the temperature at the starting point A is 300 K and the work done in the process BC is 1 L atm, the heat exchanged in the entire process in L atm is

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A gas undergoes change from state A to state B. In this process, the heat absorbed and work done by the gas is 5 J and 8 J, respectively. Now gas is brought back to A by another process during which 3 J of heat is evolved. In this reverse process of B to A.
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A reversible cyclic process for an ideal gas is shown below. Here, P, V, and T are pressure, volume and temperature, respectively. The thermodynamic parameters q, w, H and U are heat, work, enthalpy and internal energy, respectively.

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The correct option(s) is (are)
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A gas is allowed to expand in a well-insulated container against a constant external pressure of 2.5 atm from an initial volume of 2.50 L to a final volume of 4.50 L. The change in internal energy ΔU of the gas in joules will be
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The qualitative sketches I, II and III given below show the variation of surface tension with molar concentration of three different aqueous solutions of KCl, CH3OH  and CH3CH211OSO3- Na+ at room temperature. The correct assignment of the sketches is -

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The three processes in a thermodynamic cycle shown in the figure are : Process 12 is isothermal; Process 23 is isochoric (volume remains constant); Process 13 is adiabatic.

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The total work done by the ideal gas in this cycle is,10 J. The internal energy decreases by, 20 J in the isochoric process. The work done by the gas in the adiabatic process is, -20 J. The heat added to the system in the isothermal process is

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An ideal gas in a thermally insulated vessel at internal pressure = P1 , volume = V1 and absolute temperature = T1 expands irreversibly against zero external pressure, as shown in the diagram. The final internal pressure, volume and absolute temperature of the gas are P2 , V2 and T2 , respectively. For this expansion,

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A piston filled with 0.04 mol of an ideal gas expands reversibly from 50.0 mL to 375 mL at a constant temperature of 3 7 . 0 C. As it does so, it absorbs 208 J of heat. The values of q and w for the process will be 
(R = 8.314 J/mol K) (ln7.5 = 2.01)
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An ideal gas undergoes isothermal compression from 5 m3 to 1 m3 against a constant external pressure of 4 N m-2. The heat released in this process is 24 J mol-1K-1 and is used to increase the pressure of 1 mole of Al. The temperature of Al increases by:
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A piece of ice falls from a height h so that it melts completely. Only one-quarter of the heat produced is absorbed by the ice and all energy of ice gets converted into heat during its fall. The value of h is:
(Latent heat of ice is 3.4×105J kg-1 and g=10N kg-1)