Specific Heat Capacity of Gases

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Specific Heat Capacity of Gases: Overview

This topic consists of various concepts like Monoatomic, Diatomic and Polyatomic Molecules,Specific Heat Capacity of Water,, etc.

Important Questions on Specific Heat Capacity of Gases

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The value of CP  for a monoatomic gas is 52R. Then its value of γ is (where the symbols have their usual meaning)

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1 gm of ice is passed into a container having 2 gm water at 35°C. The equilibrium temperature of the mixture is :

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In gases of diatomic molecules, find the ratio of the two specific heat of gases CPCV.

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What is the atomicity of chlorine and argon?

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An example of diatomic molecule is

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What is specific heat capacity?

What will be the rise in temperature of the water if falls from a height of 50 m, assuming all the energy is used in heating the water?

cp= 4200 Jkg-1C-1)

 

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Define diatomic gas and give examples.

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Explain the specific heat capacity of water.

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Two moles of oxygen are mixed with three moles of helium. What will be the ratio of specific heats at constant pressure and constant volume for the mixture?

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If CP and Cv denote the specific heats of unit mass of nitrogen gas at constant pressure and volume respectively, then:

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A container has 4.2 litres of water at 40 C°. Heat required to boil water in kJ is

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The amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 kg mass of water through 1 K is called its

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Water is used as a coolant because 

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In the above question, if γ=1.5, the gas may

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When an ideal monoatomic gas is heated at constant pressure, fraction of heat energy supplied which increases the internal energy of gas is