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The work done by gravity is given by the formula, Wg=-mg(h)The negative sign shows that the particle is dropping from a height Δh in the direction of gravity.

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Important Questions on Chemical thermodynamics and energetics

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When 2 litre of ideal gas expands isothermally into vacuum to a total volume of 6 litre, the change in internal energy is _____ J. (Nearest integer)
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Write the conditions for maximum work done by the system.
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If 92 g Na reacts with water in open vessel at 300 K. What is the value of work done? [Assume ideal nature of the gaseous product]
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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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Five moles of an ideal gas at 1 bar and 298 K is expanded into vacuum to double the volume. The work done is :
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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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Match the following

(A) Isothermal process (i) q=U
(B) Adiabatic process (ii) W=-P×ΔV
(C) Isobaric process (iii) W=U
(D) Isochoric process (iv) W=-nRTlnVfVi
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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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The correct option for free expansion of an ideal gas under adiabatic condition is
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A gas can expand from 100 mL to 250 mL under a constant pressure of 2 atm. The work done by gas is
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The combination of plots which does not represent isothermal expansion of an ideal gas is

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Calculate the work done during compression of 2 mol of an ideal gas from a volume of 1m3 to 10 dm3 at 300 K against a pressure of 100 kPa.
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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 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)
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The above P-V diagram represents the thermodynamic cycle of an engine, operating with an ideal mono-atomic gas. The amount of heat, extracted from the source in a single cycle, is:
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The work done during combustion of 9×10-2 kg of ethane, C2H6(g) at 300 K is (Given R=8.314 JK1mol1 , atomic mass C=12,H=1 )
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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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Calculation the maximum work done in expanding 16 gof oxygen at 300 K and occupying a volume of 5 dm3 isothermally until volume becomes 25 dm3.
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An ideal gas is allowed to expand from 1 L to 10 L against a constant external pressure of 1 bar. The work done in kJ is:
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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