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Two bulbs R and S, connected by a mercury manometer, are held in a thermostat, as shown below. The volume of R is twice that of S. R contains as gas X at the same pressure as the nitrogen in S.

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When the thermostat temperature is increased. Which of the following gases in bulb R would cause the mercury level in the right hand limb of the manometer to rise?

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Important Questions on Kinetic Theory

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If 150 cc of gas A contains X molecules, how many molecules of gas B will be present in 75 cc of B? The gases A and B are under the same conditions of temperature and pressure. Name the law on which the problem is based.

EASY
When one litre of an ideal gas at 27°C is heated at a constant pressure to a temperature of 297°C, find its final volume.
HARD
Deduce Boyle’s law using the expression for pressure exerted by the gas.
EASY
How many molecules of CO2 will be produced when 1 mole C  reacts completely with 1 mole O2?
MEDIUM
Initially a gas of diatomic molecules is contained in a cylinder of volume V1 at a pressure P1 and temperature 250 K. Assuming that 25% of the molecules get dissociated causing a change in number of moles. The pressure of the resulting gas at temperature 2000 K, when contained in a volume 2V1 is given by P2. The ratio P2/P1 is -
EASY
State whether the below given statement is true or false:
“The volume of gas molecules is taken into consideration in Avogadro’s Law.”
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Calculate the amount of each reactant required to produce 750 ml of carbon dioxide, when two volumes of carbon monoxide combine with one volume of oxygen to produce two volumes of carbon dioxide.

2CO+O22CO2

State the law associated with this question.

EASY
An air bubble of volume 1 cm3 rises from the bottom of a lake 40 m deep to the surface at a temperature of 12°C. The atmospheric pressure is  1×105 Pa, the density of water is 1000 kg m-3 and g=10 m s-2. There is no difference of the temperature of water at the depth of 40 m and on the surface. The volume of air bubble when it reaches the surface will be
EASY
Two gases having same pressure P and volume V are mixed at a temperature T. If the mixture is at a temperature T and occupies the same volume then pressure of the mixture would be
MEDIUM
The volume V of an enclosure contains a mixture of three gases, 16 g of oxygen, 28 g of nitrogen and 44 g of carbon dioxide at absolute temperature T. Consider R as universal gas constant. The pressure of the mixture of gases is :
EASY
State Avogadro's law. At a certain fixed temperature and pressure the molar volumes (V/n) of the real gases are nearly equal and at STP the limit is 22.4 Lmol-1. How Avogadro's law can be arrived at from this information obtained from experiments?
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An open glass tube is immersed in mercury in such a way that a length of 8 cm extends above the mercury level. The open end of the tube is then closed and sealed and the tube is raised vertically up by additional 46 cm. What will be length of the air column above mercury in the tube now ?
(Atmospheric pressure = 76 cm of Hg)
MEDIUM
A certain amount of gas of volume V at 27°C temperature and pressure 2×107N m-2 expands isothermally until its volume gets doubled. Later it expands adiabatically until its volume gets redoubled. The final pressure of the gas will be (Use γ=1.5)
EASY
A container with insulating walls is divided into equal parts by a partition fitted with a valve. One part is filled with an ideal gas at a pressure P and temperature T, whereas the other part is completely evacuated. If the valve is suddenly opened, the pressure and temperature of the gas will be
EASY
A bicycle tyre is filled with air having pressure of 270 kPa at 27°C. The approximate pressure of the air in the tyre when the temperature increases to 36°C is
EASY
A given sample of an ideal gas occupies a volume, V at a pressure, P and absolute temperature, T. The mass of each molecule of the gas is m . Which of the following gives the density of the gas?
MEDIUM
A vertical closed cylinder is separated into two parts by a frictionless piston of mass m and of negligible thickness. The piston is free to move along the length of the cylinder. The length of the cylinder above piston is l1, and that below the piston is l2, such that l1>l2. Each part of the cylinder contains n moles of an ideal gas at equal temperature T. If the piston is stationary, its mass m will be given by:
(R is universal gas constant and g is the acceleration due to gravity)
MEDIUM
A cylindrical container of volume 4.0×10-3 m3 contains one mole of hydrogen and two moles of carbon dioxide. Assume the temperature of the mixture is 400 K. The pressure of the mixture of gases is :
[Take gas constant as 8.3 J mol-1 K-1
EASY
Equal masses of H2, O2 and methane have been taken in a container of volume V at temperature 27oC in identical conditions. The ratio of the volumes of gases H2:O2: methane would be
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For the P-V diagram given for an ideal gas
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 Out of the following which one correctly represents the T-P diagram?