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Two moles of an ideal gas is contained in a cylinder fitted with a frictionless movable pistion, exposed to the atmosphere, at an initial temperature T0. The gas is slowly heated so that its volume becomes four times the initial value. The work done by the gas is

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If for hydrogen Cp-CV=m and for nitrogen Cp-CV=n where, Cp and CV refer to specific heat per unit mass respectively at constant pressure and constant volume, the relation between m and n is (Molecular weight of hydrogen =2 g mol-1 and molecular weight of nitrogen =28 g mol-1)
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An ideal gas expands isothermally form a volume V1 to V2 and then compressed to original volume V1 adiabatically. The initial pressure is, P1 and the final pressure is, P3. The total work done is, W. Then
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An ideal gas (γ=1.5)  is expanded adiabatically. How many times the gas has to be expanded to reduce the root mean square velocity of the molecules 2 times?
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The equation of state for a gas is given by PV=nRT+αV, where n is the number of moles and α is a positive constant. The initial temperature and pressure of one mole of the gas contained in a cylinder are T0 and P0 respectively. The work done by the gas when its temperature doubles isobarically will be :
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The molar specific heat of oxygen at constant pressure CP=7.03 cal mol-1 °C-1 and R=8.31 J mol-1 °C-1. The amount of heat taken by 5 mol of oxygen when heated at constant volume from 10 °C to 20 °C will be approximately
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In an adiabatic process, R=23CV. The pressure of the gas will be proportional to:
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In an isobaric process, ΔQ=Kγγ-1 where γ=Cp/CV. What is K?
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Four moles of hydrogen, two moles of helium and one mole of water vapour form an ideal gas mixture. What is. the molar specific heat at constant pressure of mixture ?