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Which of the following statements is correct for any thermodynamics system?

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Important Questions on Thermodynamics

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An ideal gas is expanded from (p1 , V1 , T1) to (p2 , V2 , T2) under different conditions. The correct statement(s) among the following is(are)
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One mole of an ideal monatomic gas undergoes the following four reversible processes:
Step 1 : It is first compressed adiabatically from volume V1 to 1 m2.
Step 2 : then expanded isothermally to volume 10 m3
Step 3 : then expanded adiabatically to volume V3
Step 4 : then compressed isothermally to volume V1. If the efficiency of the above cycle is 34 then V1 is
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An ice cube of mass 30 g at 00C is left sitting on the kitchen table where it gradually melts and reaches the kitchen temperature of 250C. The latent heat of fusion for ice is 333 J·g-1 and the specific heat of water is 4.2 J·g-1·K-1. Select the correct statement(s) about this process. (All numerical values in the answers are rounded to the closest integer.)
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"Heat cannot be itself flow from a body at lower temperature to a body at higher temperature". This statement corresponds to
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Consider a two stage Carnot engine. In the first stage heat Q1 is absorbed at temperature T and heat Q2 is expelled at temperature αT (where α<1). In the second stage heat Q2 is absorbed at temperature αT and heat Q3 is expelled at temperature βT(β<α). The efficiency of the Carnot engine will be
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What will be the efficiency of a Carnot engine if it takes heat from reservoir, at 100°C and rejects heat to a sink at, 50°C ?
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Two solid blocks at temperatures T1 and T2T1<T2 are put in thermal contact for a long time inside an insulated container. Choose the correct statement(s).
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A number of carnot engines are operated at identical cold reservoir temperatures TL. However, their hot reservoir temperatures are kept different. A graph of the efficiency of the engines versus hot reservoir temperature TH is plotted. The correct graphical representation is

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The carnot heat engine have an efficiency of 50%. The temperature of sink is maintained at 500 K. To increase the efficiency upto 80%, the increment in the source temperature is
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By leaving the door of a small standard domestic refrigerator open, it is not possible to cool a room, because it violates the ______
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An engine operating between the boiling and freezing points of water will have

A. Efficiency more than 27%.

B. Efficiency less than the efficiency of a Carnot engine operating between the same two temperatures.

C. Efficiency equal to 27%.

D. Efficiency less than 27%.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below

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Graphs below show the entropy versus energy U of two systems 1 and 2 at constant volume. The initial energies of the systems are indicated by U1, i and U2, i , respectively. Graphs are drawn to the same scale. The systems are then brought into thermal contact with each other. Assume that, at all times the combined energy of the two systems remains constant. Choose the most appropriate option indicating the energies of the two systems and the total entropy after they achieve the equilibrium.

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For which of the following processes, entropy change is zero?
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A solid body of constant heat capacity 1 J -1 is being heated by keeping it in contact with reservoirs in two ways: (i) Sequentially keeping in contact with 2 reservoirs such that each reservoir supplies the same amount of heat. (ii) Sequentially keeping in contact with 8 reservoirs such that each reservoir supplies the same amount of heat. In both, cases the body is brought from initial temperature 100 K to final temperature 200 K . Entropy change of the body in the two cases respectively is: Note: This question was awarded as a bonus since temperatures were given in centigrade instead of in Kelvin. Proper corrections are made in the question to avoid it.
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According to the third law of thermodynamics which one of the following quantities for a perfectly crystalline solid is zero at absolute zero?
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When you make ice cubes, the entropy of water
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Given the following entropy values   (inJ K 1 mo l 1 ) at 298 K and 1 atm :   H 2 (g):130.6,C l 2 (g):223.0,HCl(g):186.7.  The entropy change   (inJ K 1 mo l 1 ) for the reaction

  H 2 (g)+C l 2 (g) 2HCl(g)is

                               

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Give at least two statements of the second law of thermodynamics.
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Work done by an engine is (Q1+Q2) J when a heat engine absorbs Q1heat at T1 temperature and Q2 heat at T2 temperature.  This data: