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The refrigerator works on Clausius' statements of the second law of thermodynamics.

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Important Questions on Thermodynamics

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Consider the following liquid - vapour equilibrium.

LiquidVapour

Which of the following relations is correct?
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State the second law of thermodynamics.
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The second law of thermodynamics states that, _______.
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The entropy change involved in the isothermal reversible expansion of 2 moles of an ideal gas from a volume of 10  dm3 to a volume of 100 dm3 at 27 is
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When steam condenses to water at 90°C, the entropy of the system decreases. What must be true if the second law of thermodynamics is to be satisfied?

[Hint: For a spontaneous process ΔSuniverse must be positive.]

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Some substances possess some residual entropy even at absolute zero. This is because
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Identify the correct statement regarding a spontaneous process:
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When the total disorder increases, the change is said to be _____.
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If the entropy of evaporation of a liquid is 100 JK-1 mol-1 and its enthalpy of vaporisation is 50 kJ mol-1, the boiling point of the liquid is-
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Three engines A, B and C  take steam at 130°C, and reject it at 20°C40°C and 50°C, respectively. The most efficient engine would be
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The entropy (S°) of the following substances are:

CH4(g): 186.2J K-1 mol-1O2(g): 205.0J K-1 mol-1CO2(g): 213.6J K-1 mol-1H2O(l): 69.9J K-1 mol-1

The entropy change (S°) for the reaction,

CH4g+2O2gCO2g+2H2Ol ​ is :
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The maximum efficiency of a steam engine operating between 100 °C and 25 °C is:
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Which of the following thermodynamic relation is correct?
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Consider entropy (S) as a thermodynamic parameter, the criterion for the spontaneity of any process is
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A heat engine absorbs heat Q1 at temperature T1 and heat Q2 at temperature T2. Work done by the engine is Q1+Q2 J. This data
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A piece of ice kept at room temperature melts of its own. This reaction is governed by which law?
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Enthalpy (H) for the reaction, Zn+2AgClZnCl2+2Ag at 300 K temperature is-218 KJ/mole and emf of the cell was 1.015 V Then the vaule of dEdTp of the cell is?
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When you freeze water in your freezer to make ice cubes, the amount of order in the molecules of water increases. However, second law of thermodynamics says that the amount of order in the isolated system can only stay constant or decrease with time. How can thus making of ice violate second law ?
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A piece of ice kept at room temperature melts on its own . This reaction is governed by which law?
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The efficiency of the reversible cycle in the given figure is
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