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The specific heat of a substance i.e at constant pressure is defined as the rate of change of _____ with respect to ______

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Important Questions on Heat and Thermodynamics

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One mole of a monoatomic gas is mixed with three moles of a diatomic gas. The molecular specific heat of mixture at constant volume is α24R J mol K-1; then the value of α will be _____ . (Assume that the given diatomic gas has no vibrational mode.)
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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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For a gas of molecular weight M specific heat capacity at constant pressure is r=cpcv
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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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According to law of equipartition of energy the molar specific heat of a diatomic gas at constant volume where the molecule has one additional vibrational mode is :-
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An ideal gas undergoes a four step cycle as shown in the P-V diagram below. During this cycle, heat is absorbed by the gas in:

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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
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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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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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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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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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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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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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The temperature of 5 moles of a gas which was held at constant volume was changed from 100 °C to 120 °C. The change in internal energy was found to be 80 J. The total heat capacity of the gas at constant volume will be equal to
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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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10 mole of an ideal gas is heated at a constant pressure of one atmosphere from 27°C to 127°C. If Cv, m=21.686+10-3 T, then what will be Δ H for the process?
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70 cal of heat is required to raise the temperature of 2 moles of an ideal gas from 30 to 35 while the pressure of the gas is kept constant. The amount of the heat required to raise the temperature of the same gas through the same temperature range at constant volume is (gas constant R=2 cal mol-1-K-1)
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Four moles of hydrogen, 2 moles of helium and 1 mole of water vapour form an ideal gas mixture. What is the molar specific heat at constant pressure of mixture?