First Law of Thermodynamics

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First Law of Thermodynamics: Overview

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Important Questions on First Law of Thermodynamics

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1 kg of water at 100°C is converted into steam at 100°C by boiling at atmospheric pressure. The volume of water changes from 1.00×10-3 m3 as a liquid to 1.671 m3 as steam. The change in internal energy of the system during the process will be (Given latent heat of vaporisation =2257 kJ/kg, Atmospheric pressure =1×105 Pa

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Given below are two statements:

Statement I: If heat is added to a system, its temperature must increase.

Statement II: If positive work is done by a system in a thermodynamic process, its volume must increase.

In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below

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A source supplies heat to a system at the rate of 1000 W. If the system performs work at a rate of 200 W. The rate at which internal energy of the system increases is

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The amount of heat supplied to a gas in a system is equal to 1000 J, the system in return does 200 J of work on the surrounding. Find change in internal energy of the gas.

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If amount of heat given to the system be 80 Joules and the amount of work done by the system is -20 J . If initial internal energy of the system is 250 J. Final internal energy of the system is

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In the case of diatomic gas, the heat given at constant pressure is that part of energy which is used for the expansion of gas, is

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What is U for the process described by figure. Heat supplied during the process is q= 200 kJ.

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ideal gas expands from volume V1to V2,. This may be achieved by either of the three processes: isobaric, isothermal and adiabatic. Let U be the change in internal energy of the gas, Q be the quantity of heat added to the system and W be the work done by the gas. Identify which of the following statements is false for U?
 

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1 g of water at atmospheric pressure has volume of 1 cm3 and when boiled it becomes 1681 cm3 of steam. The heat of vaporization of water is 540 cal g-1. Then the change in its internal energy in this process is 

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How the first law of thermodynamics can be justified? Give an example in support of your answer.

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An ideal gas is expanded adiabatically at an initial temperature of 300 K so that its volume is doubled. The final temperature of the hydrogen gas is γ=1.4

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In an insulated container of water is stirred with a rod to increase the temperature. Which of the following is true?

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1 kg of water is heated from 40 °C to 70 °C, if its volume remains constant, then the change in internal energy is (specific heat of water =4148 J kg-1 K-1)

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A diatomic gas CP=72R does 200 J of work when it is expanded isobarically. The heat given to the gas in the process is

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Two moles of a monoatomic gas undergoes an isobaric process. If the gas temperature is increased by 20°C then the heat absorbed by the gas is (Take R=8.3 J K-1 mol-1)

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1.00 kg of liquid water at 100°C undergoes a phase change into steam at 100C at 1.0 atm (take it to be 1.00×105 Pa). The initial volume of the liquid water was 1.00×10-3 m3 which is changed to 2.001 m3 of steam. Find the change in the internal energy of the system.
[Use heat of vaporization 2000 kJ kg-1]

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In the indicator diagram, we have
(a) Change in internal energy along ABC is 10 J.
(b) Work done along path AB = 20 J.
(c) Uc=5 J.
(d) Heat absorbed by the system along path AD is 5 J.

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Calculate:

(i) Change in internal energy along the path CDA.
(ii) Heat given to the system along path ABC.
(iii) Value of UA
(iv) Change in internal energy along AD.

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State first law of thermodynamics.

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Consider the following cycle (a-b-c) for ideal gas in the figure: b-c(adiabatic), c-a(isobaric), and a-b (isochoric). Calculate work done by the gas and heat absorbed by the gas for each path, a-b, b-c, c-a. What is the total work done and heat absorbed for the full cycle?

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In the diagram shown Qiaf =80cal and Wef=50 cal. If W=-30 cal for the curved path f value of Q for path fi, will be

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