MEDIUM
JEE Advanced
IMPORTANT
Earn 100

Three moles of an ideal gas Cp=72R at pressure p0 and temperature T0 is isothermally expanded to twice its initial volume. It is then compressed at a constant pressure to its original volume.
(a) Sketch p-V and p-T diagram for the complete process.
(b) Calculate not work done by the gas.
(c) Calculate net heat supplied to the gas during the complete process.

(Write your answer in terms of gas constant R)

Important Questions on Laws of Thermodynamics

HARD
JEE Advanced
IMPORTANT
Two moles of gas γ=53 are initially at temperature 27 °C and occupy a volume of 20 litres. The gas is first expanded at constant pressure until the volume is doubled. Then, it is subjected to an adiabatic change until the temperature returns to its initial value.
(a) Sketch the process on a P-V diagram.
(b) What are the final volumes and pressure of the gas?
(c) What is the work done by the gas?
HARD
JEE Advanced
IMPORTANT

An ideal monoatomic gas is confined by a spring-loaded massless piston of the cross-section 8.0×10-3 m2. Initially, the gas is at 300 K and occupies a volume of 2.4×10-3 m3 and the spring is in its relaxed state. The gas is heated by an electric heater until the piston moves out slowly without friction by 0.1 m. Calculate

(a) the final temperature of the gas and
(b) the heat supplied by the heater. The force constant of the spring is 8000 N m-1, atmospheric pressure is 1.0×105 N m-2. The cylinder and the piston are thermally insulated.

Question Image

HARD
JEE Advanced
IMPORTANT
An ideal diatomic gas γ=75 undergoes a process in which its internal energy relates to the volume as U=αV where, α is a constant.
(a) Find the work performed by the gas to increase its internal energy by 100 J.
(b) Find the molar specific heat of the gas.
HARD
JEE Advanced
IMPORTANT
For an ideal gas, the molar heat capacity varies as C=CV+3aT2. Find the equation of the process in the variables (T, V) where a is constant.
HARD
JEE Advanced
IMPORTANT
One mole of an ideal monatomic gas undergoes the process p=αT12, where α is a constant.
(a) Find the work done by the gas if the temperature increases by 50 K.
(b) Also, find the molar specific heat of the gas.
HARD
JEE Advanced
IMPORTANT
One mole of a gas is put under a weightless piston of a vertical cylinder at temperature T. The space over the piston opens into the atmosphere. Initially, the piston was in equilibrium. How much work should be performed by some external force to increase isothermally the volume under the piston to twice the volume? (Neglect friction of piston).
HARD
JEE Advanced
IMPORTANT
An ideal monatomic gas undergoes a process where its pressure is inversely proportional to its temperature.
(a) Calculate the molar specific heat for the process.
(b) Find the work done by two moles of gas if the temperature changes from T1 to T2.
HARD
JEE Advanced
IMPORTANT
The volume of one mole of an ideal gas with the adiabatic exponent γ is changed according to the relation V=aT, where a is a constant. Find the amount of heat absorbed by the gas in the process, if the temperature is increased by ΔT.