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Two moles of an ideal monatomic gas is taken through a cycle ABCA as shown in the p-T diagram. During the process AB, the pressure and temperature of the gas vary such that pT = constant. If T1=300 K and the amount of heat released by the gas during the process AB is Q=-xR, then the value of x is

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Important Questions on Thermodynamics

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Thermodynamic processes are indicated in the following diagram.

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Match the following

Column – 1 Column - 2
P. Process I a. Adiabatic
Q. Process II b. Isobaric
R. Process III c. Isochoric
S. Process IV d. Isothermal
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Consider a spherical shell of radius R at temperature T. The black body radiation inside it can be considered as an ideal gas of photons with internal energy per unit volume u=UVT4 and pressure p=13UV . If the shell now undergoes an adiabatic expansion the relation between T and R is:
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The bulk modulus of a gas is defined as, B=-VdPdV . For an adiabatic process, the variation of B is proportional to Pn. For an ideal gas, n is
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A monoatomic gas is compressed from a volume of 2 m3 to a volume of 1 m3 at a constant pressure of 100 N m2. Then it is heated at constant volume by supplying 150 J of energy. As a result, the internal energy of the gas
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One mole of an ideal diatomic gas undergoes a transition from A to B along a path AB as shown in the figure,

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The change in internal energy of the gas during the transition is:

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The three processes in a thermodynamic cycle shown in the figure are : Process 12 is isothermal; Process 23 is isochoric (volume remains constant); Process 13 is adiabatic.

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The total work done by the ideal gas in this cycle is,10 J. The internal energy decreases by, 20 J in the isochoric process. The work done by the gas in the adiabatic process is, -20 J. The heat added to the system in the isothermal process is

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An ideal gas has molecules with 5 degrees of freedom. The ratio of specific heats at constant pressure Cp and at constant volume CV is:
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In which of the following processes, heat is neither absorbed nor released by a system?
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The heat capacity of one mole an ideal is found to be CV=3R1+aRT2 where a is constant. The equation obeyed by this gas during a reversible adiabatic expansion is:
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For a rigid diatomic molecule, the universal gas constant R=nCP, where, CP is the molar specific heat at constant pressure and n is a number. Hence, n is equal to
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An ideal gas is undergoing a cyclic thermodynamic process in different ways as shown in the corresponding P-V diagrams in column 3 of the table. Consider only the path from state 1 to state 2. W denotes the corresponding work done on the system. The equations and plots in the table have standard notations as used in thermodynamic process. Here γ is the ratio of heat capacities at constant pressure and constant volume. The number of moles in the gas is n.
Column – 1 Column – 2 Column – 3
(I) W12=1γ-1P2V2-P1V1 (i) Isothermal (P) Question Image
(II) W12= -PV2+PV1 (ii) Isochoric (Q) Question Image
(III) W12=0 (iii) Isobaric (R) Question Image
(IV) W12= -nRTlnV2V1 (iv) Adiabatic (S) Question Image
Which one of the following options correctly represents a thermodynamic process that is used as a correction in the determination of the speed of sound in ideal gas?
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Half mole of an ideal monoatomic gas is heated at a constant pressure of 1atm from 20° C to 90° C. Work done by the gas is(Gas constant,R=8.21 J mol-1 K-1)
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An ideal gas is undergoing a cyclic thermodynamic process in different ways as shown in the corresponding P-V diagrams in column 3 of the table. Consider only the path from state 1 to state 2. W denotes the corresponding work done on the system. The equations and plots in the table have standard notations as used in thermodynamic process. Here γ is the ratio of heat capacities at constant pressure and constant volume. The number of moles in the gas is n.
 
Column – 1 Column – 2 Column – 3
(I) W12=1γ-1P2V2-P1V1 (i) Isothermal (P) Question Image
(II) W12= -PV2+PV1 (ii) Isochoric (Q) Question Image
(III) W12=0 (iii) Isobaric (R) Question Image
(IV) W12= -nRTlnV2V1 (iv) Adiabatic (S) Question Image
Which one of the following options is the correct combination?
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In the P-V diagram below the dashed curved line is an adiabatic

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For a process that is described by a straight line joining two points X and Y on the adiabatic (solid line in the diagram), heat is: (Hint: Consider the variations in temperature from X and Y along the straight line)

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Which one of the following equations does not correctly represent the first law of thermodynamics for the given processes involving an ideal gas? (Assume non- expansion work is zero)
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A diatomic gas with rigid molecules does 10 J of work when expanded at constant pressure. What would be the heat energy absorbed by the gas, in this process?
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Starting at temperature 300K, one mole of an ideal diatomic gas γ=1.4 is first compressed adiabatically from volume V1 to V2=V116. It is then allowed to expand isobarically to volume 2V2 . If all the processes are the quasi-static then the final temperature of the gas (in K) is (to the nearest integer) ___________.
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 An engine operates by taking n moles of an ideal gas through the cycle ABCDA shown in figure. The thermal efficiency of the engine is:

(Take Cv=1.5R, whereR is gas constant)

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For the given cyclic process CAB as shown for a gas, the work done is:

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A gas is compressed isothermally to half its initial volume. The same gas is compressed separately through an adiabatic process until its volume is again reduced to half. Then: