Thermodynamic Processes and Indicator Diagrams

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Thermodynamic Processes and Indicator Diagrams: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as, Indicator Diagrams, Cyclic Process, Cyclic Process without Indicator Diagrams & Polytropic Process etc.

Important Questions on Thermodynamic Processes and Indicator Diagrams

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A process in which the amount of heat supplied to the system goes fully to change its internal energy and temperature is

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One mole of an ideal monoatomic gas undergoes the following four reversible processes:

Step 1 It is first compressed adiabatically from volume 8.0 m3 to 1.0 m3.

Step 2 Then expanded isothermally at temperature T1 to volume 10.0 m3.

Step 3 Then expanded adiabatically to volume 80.0 m3

Step 4 Then compressed isothermally at temperature T2 to volume 8.0 m3.

Then, T1/T2 is

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A long cylindrical pipe of radius 20 cm is closed at its upper end and has an airtight piston of negligible mass as shown. When a 50 kg mass is attached to the other end of the piston, it moves down. If the air in the enclosure is cooled from temperature T to T-ΔT, the piston moves back to its original position. Then ΔT/T is close to (Assuming air to be an ideal gas, g=10 m s-2, atmospheric pressure is 105 Pa )

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Which of the following statements about the P-V diagram of an ideal gas of fixed number of particles is incorrect?

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Quasi-static process is : 

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One mole of an ideal gas is taken around the complete cycle as shown in the PV-diagram. Considering the universal gas constant R, the work done by the gas in one complete cycle is:

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From the given options, using which variables for X and Y -axis we can make an isotherm graph?

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One mole of an ideal gas expands adiabatically at constant pressure such that its temperature T1V. The value of the adiabatic constant of gas is 

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One mole of an ideal monatomic gas is compressed isothermally in a rigid vessel to double its pressure at room temperature, 27oC. The magnitude of work done on the gas will be:

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During adiabatic change, specific heat is 

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The given diagram shows four processes i.e., isochoric, isobaric, isothermal and adiabatic. The correct assignment of the processes, in the same order is given by:

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A thermodynamic system undergoes cyclic process ABCDA as shown in the figure. The work done by the system is,

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Find the amount of work done to increase the temperature of one mole of ideal gas by 30°C, if it is expanding under the condition VT23.(R=8.31J mol-1 K1)

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A spherical bubble inside water has radius R. Take the pressure inside the bubble and the water pressure to be P0. The bubble now gets compressed radially in an isothermal manner so that its radius become (R-a). For a<<R, the magnitude of work done in the process is given by 4πP0Ra2x2 where x is a constant. Find x.

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During an adiabatic expansion, a gas does 50 J of work against the surroundings. It is then cooled at constant volume by removing 20 J of energy from the gas. The magnitude of the total change in internal energy of the gas is x J. The value of x is

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The volume V of a given mass of monatomic gas changes with temperature T according to the relation V=KT23. The work done when temperature changes by 90 K will be xR. The value of x is ____________ . [R =universal gas constant]

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A spherical bubble inside water has radius R. Take the pressure inside the bubble and the water pressure to be p0. The bubble now gets compressed radially in an adiabatic manner so that its radius becomes (R-a). For a R the magnitude of the work done in the process is given by 4πp0Ra2X, where X is a constant andγ=Cp/Cv=4130.  The value of X is

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Consider one mole of helium gas enclosed in a container at initial pressure P1 and volumeV1.  It expands isothermally to volume 4 V1. After this, the gas expands adiabatically and its volume becomes 32 V1 The work done by the gas during isothermal and adiabatic expansion processes are Wiso and Wadia  respectively. If the ratio Wiso Wadia =f9ln2, then f is

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If an ideal diatomic gas follows the process as shown in graph, where T is temperature in kelvin and V is volume in m3, then molar heat capacity for this process will be [in terms of gas constant R],

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For a reversible process, necessary condition is