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The molar heat capacity of oxygen gas at STP is nearly 2.5R. As the temperature is increased, it gradually increases and approaches 3.5 R. The most appropriate reason for this behaviour is that at high temperature 

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Important Questions on Thermodynamics

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Consider two ideal diatomic gases A and B at some temperature T . Molecules of the gas A are rigid, and have a mass m . Molecules of the gas B have an additional vibrational mode and have a mass m4 . The ratio of the specific heats CV Aand  CVB of gas A and B, respectively is:
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The specific heats, Cp and Cv of a gas of diatomic molecules, A, are given (in units of J mol-1 K-1 ) by 29 and 22, respectively. Another gas of diatomic molecules, B, has the corresponding values 30 and 21. If they are treated as ideal gases, then:
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Two moles of an ideal gas, with CPCV=53, are mixed with three moles of another ideal gas CPCV=43. The value of CPCV for the mixture is
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What will be the molar specific heat at constant volume of an ideal gas consisting of rigid diatomic molecules?

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For a rigid diatomic molecule, the universal gas constant R=nCP, where, CP is the molar specific heat at constant pressure and n is a number. Hence, n is equal to
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The values of Cp and Cv for a diatomic gas are respectively (R=g a s constant)
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Consider a mixture of n moles of helium gas and 2n moles of oxygen gas (molecules taken to be rigid) as an ideal gas. Its CPCV value will be:
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The correct relation between the degrees of freedom f and the ratio of specific heat γ is:
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An ideal gas has molecules with 5 degrees of freedom. The ratio of specific heats at constant pressure Cp and at constant volume CV is:
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When heat Q is supplied to a diatomic gas of rigid molecules, at constant volume its temperature increases by  T . The heat required to produce the same change in temperature, at a constant pressure is:
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One mole of a monoatomic ideal gas undergoes a quasistatic process, which is depicted by a straight line joining points V0,T0 and 2V0,3T0 in a V-T diagram. What is the value of the heat capacity of the gas at the point V0,T0?
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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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One gram mole of an ideal gas A with the ratio of constant pressure and constant volume specific heats γA=53 is mixed with n gram moles of another ideal gas B with γB=75. If the γ for the mixture is 1913, then what will be the value of n?
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One mole of O2 gas is heated at constant pressure starting at 27°C. How much energy must be added to the gas as heat to double its volume?
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For a gas CP-CV=R in a state P and CP-CV=1.10R in a state Q,TP and TQ are the temperatures in two different states P and Q, respectively. Then
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Two different metal bodies A and B of equal mass are heated at a uniform rate under similar conditions. The variation of temperature of the bodies is graphically represented as shown in the figure. The ratio of specific heat capacities is:

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A cylinder with fixed capacity of 67.2 litre contains helium gas at STP. The amount of heat needed to raise the temperature of the gas by 20°C is:
[Given that R=8.31 J mol-1 K-1]
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Cp-Cv=RM and Cv are specific heats at constant pressure and constant volume respectively. It is observed that, Cp-Cv=a for hydrogen gas and Cp-Cv=b for nitrogen gas. The correct relation between a and b 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 )