Thermodynamic Processes and Indicator Diagrams

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Thermodynamic Processes and Indicator Diagrams: Overview

This Topic covers sub-topics such as Work Done in Adiabatic Process, Reversible and Irreversible Processes, Quasi-static Process, Isotherm, Work Done in Isothermal Process, Polytropic Process, Cyclic Process and, Adiabatic Process Examples

Important Questions on Thermodynamic Processes and Indicator Diagrams

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The internal energy of a gas during isothermal expansion

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The internal energy of a prefect gas does not change during 

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The thermodynamic process in which the pressure of the system remains contant is called 

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Two identical samples of gas are allowed to expand i isothermally and ii adiabatically. The amount of work done id then

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Compressed air coming out of punctured football becomes cooler because of

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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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In a non cyclic process, which of the following statement is correct?

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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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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

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A rigid diatomic ideal gas undergoes an adiabatic process at room temperature. The relation between temperature and volume for this process is TVx= constant, then x  is:

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A cycle tyre bursts suddenly. What is the type of this process?

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An ideal gas undergoes four different processes from the same initial state Four processes are adiabatic, isothermal, isobaric and isochoric. Out of 1, 2, 3 and 4 which one is adiabatic.

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The relation between the internal energy U and adiabatic constant γ is,

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Two identical cylinders A and B with frictionless pistons contain the same ideal gas at the same temperature and the same volume V. The mass of the gas in A is mA and that in B is mB. The gas in each cylinder is now allowed to expand isothermally to the same final volume 2V. The change in the pressure in A and B are found to be P and 1.5 P respectively. Then

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P-V plots for two gases during adiabatic processes are shown in the figure. Plots 1 and 2 should correspond respectively to:

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