Thermodynamic processes are indicated in the following diagram. Match the following Column – 1 Column - 2 P. Process I a. Adiabatic Q. Process II b. Isobaric R. Process III c. Isochoric S. Process IV d. Isothermal

P → c , Q → a , R → d , S → b

P → a , Q → c , R → d , S → b

P → c , Q → d , R → b , S → a

P → d , Q → b , R → a , S → c

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The heat capacity of one mole an ideal is found to be

C_{V} = \frac{3 R (1 + a R T)}{2}

where

a

is constant. The equation obeyed by this gas during a reversible adiabatic expansion is:

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Consider a spherical shell of radius R at temperature T. The black body radiation inside it can be considered as an ideal gas of photons with internal energy per unit volume

u = \frac{U}{V} \propto T^{4}

and pressure

p = \frac{1}{3} (\frac{U}{V})

. If the shell now undergoes an adiabatic expansion the relation between T and R is:

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One mole of an ideal monatomic gas undergoes a process described by the equation

P V^{3} =

constant. The heat capacity of the gas during this process is

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The bulk modulus of a gas is defined as,

B = \frac{- V d P}{d V}

. For an adiabatic process, the variation of

B

is proportional to

P^{n}

. For an ideal gas,

n

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One mole of an ideal monatomic gas undergoes an adiabatic expansion in which its volume becomes eight times its initial value. If the initial temperature of the gas is

100 K

and the universal gas constant

R = 8.0 J mo l^{- 1} K^{- 1}

, then how much is the decrease in its internal energy (in

J

) ?

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An engine operates by taking

n

moles of an ideal gas through the cycle

A B C D A

shown in figure. The thermal efficiency of the engine is:

(Take

C_{v} = 1.5 R

, where

R

is gas constant)

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One mole of an ideal monatomic gas is taken along the path

A B C A

as shown in the

P - V

diagram. The maximum temperature attained by the gas along the path

B C

is given by:
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One mole of a monoatomic ideal gas expanded by a process described by

P V^{3} = C

where

C

is a constant. The heat capacity of the gas during the process is given by (

R

is the gas constant)

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An ideal gas goes through a reversible cycle

a \to b \to c \to d

has the V - T diagram shown below. Process

d \to a a n d b \to c

are adiabatic.

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The corresponding P - V diagram for the process is (all figures are schematic and not drawn to scale) :

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A gas obeying the equation of state

P V = R T

undergoes a hypothetical reversible process described by the equation,

P V^{\frac{5}{3}} \exp (- \frac{P V}{E_{0}}) = C_{1}

, where

C_{1}

and

E_{0}

are dimensioned constants. Then, for this process, the thermal compressibility at high temperature

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Thermodynamic processes are indicated in the following diagram.

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Match the following

Column – 1	Column - 2
P. Process I	a. Adiabatic
Q. Process II	b. Isobaric
R. Process III	c. Isochoric
S. Process IV	d. Isothermal

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Half mole of an ideal monoatomic gas is heated at a constant pressure of

1 atm

from

20 ° C

90 ° C

. Work done by the gas is

(

Gas constant,

R = 8.21 J {mol}^{- 1} K^{- 1}

)

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In the $P - V$ diagram below the dashed curved line is an adiabatic

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For a process that is described by a straight line joining two points $X$ and $Y$ on the adiabatic (solid line in the diagram), heat is: (Hint: Consider the variations in temperature from $X$ and $Y$ along the straight line)

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A gas at initial temperature

T

undergoes sudden expansion from volume

V

2 V .

Then.

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The three processes in a thermodynamic cycle shown in the figure are : Process $1 \to 2$ is isothermal; Process $2 \to 3$ is isochoric (volume remains constant); Process $1 \to 3$ is adiabatic.

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The total work done by the ideal gas in this cycle is, $10 J .$ The internal energy decreases by, $20 J$ in the isochoric process. The work done by the gas in the adiabatic process is, $- 20 J$ . The heat added to the system in the isothermal process is

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Two moles of an ideal monoatomic gas occupies a volume $V$ at $27^{o} C$ . The gas expands adiabatically to a volume $2 V$ . Calculate $(a)$ the final temperature of the gas and $(b)$ change in its internal energy.

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A monoatomic gas is compressed from a volume of

2 m^{3}

to a volume of

1 m^{3}

at a constant pressure of

100 N m^{2}

. Then it is heated at constant volume by supplying

150 J

of energy. As a result, the internal energy of the gas

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One mole of an ideal diatomic gas undergoes a transition from $A$ to $B$ along a path $AB$ as shown in the figure,

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The change in internal energy of the gas during the transition is:

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For the given cyclic process $C A B$ as shown for a gas, the work done is:

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A gas is compressed isothermally to half its initial volume. The same gas is compressed separately through an adiabatic process until its volume is again reduced to half. Then:

Graph of isometric process is :-

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