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Important Questions on Thermodynamics

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The specific heats, Cp and Cv of a gas of diatomic molecules, A, are given (in units of J mol-1 K-1 ) by 29 and 22, respectively. Another gas of diatomic molecules, B, has the corresponding values 30 and 21. If they are treated as ideal gases, then:
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The molar specific heats of an ideal gas at constant pressure and volume are denoted by CP and CV, respectively. If γ=CPCV and R is the universal gas constant, the CV is equal to
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A cylinder with fixed capacity of 67.2 litre contains helium gas at STP. The amount of heat needed to raise the temperature of the gas by 20°C is:
[Given that R=8.31 J mol-1 K-1]
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Consider two ideal diatomic gases A and B at some temperature T . Molecules of the gas A are rigid, and have a mass m . Molecules of the gas B have an additional vibrational mode and have a mass m4 . The ratio of the specific heats CV Aand  CVB of gas A and B, respectively is:
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Graph of specific heat at constant volume for a monatomic gas is
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Two moles of an ideal gas, with CPCV=53, are mixed with three moles of another ideal gas CPCV=43. The value of CPCV for the mixture is
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When heat Q is supplied to a diatomic gas of rigid molecules, at constant volume its temperature increases by  T . The heat required to produce the same change in temperature, at a constant pressure is:
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One mole of a monoatomic ideal gas undergoes a quasistatic process, which is depicted by a straight line joining points V0,T0 and 2V0,3T0 in a V-T diagram. What is the value of the heat capacity of the gas at the point V0,T0?
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Cp-Cv=RM and Cv are specific heats at constant pressure and constant volume respectively. It is observed that, Cp-Cv=a for hydrogen gas and Cp-Cv=b for nitrogen gas. The correct relation between a and b is:
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For a rigid diatomic molecule, the universal gas constant R=nCP, where, CP is the molar specific heat at constant pressure and n is a number. Hence, n is equal to
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One mole of O2 gas is heated at constant pressure starting at 27°C. How much energy must be added to the gas as heat to double its volume?
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For a diatomic ideal gas in a closed system, which of the following plots does not correctly describe the relation between various thermodynamic quantities?
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The values of Cp and Cv for a diatomic gas are respectively (R=g a s constant)
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Consider a mixture of n moles of helium gas and 2n moles of oxygen gas (molecules taken to be rigid) as an ideal gas. Its CPCV value will be:
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What will be the molar specific heat at constant volume of an ideal gas consisting of rigid diatomic molecules?

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The ratio of CpCv for a diatomic gas is
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One gram mole of an ideal gas A with the ratio of constant pressure and constant volume specific heats γA=53 is mixed with n gram moles of another ideal gas B with γB=75. If the γ for the mixture is 1913, then what will be the value of n?
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An ideal gas has molecules with 5 degrees of freedom. The ratio of specific heats at constant pressure Cp and at constant volume CV is:
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4.0g of a gas occupies 22.4 liters at NTP. The specific heat capacity of the gas at constant volume is 5.0 J K-1 mol-1 . If the speed of sound in this gas at NTP is 952 m s-1 , then the heat capacity at constant pressure is

(Take gas constant R=8.3 J K-1 mol-1 )
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The molar specific heat of an ideal gas at constant pressure and constant volume is Cp and Cυ respectively. If R is the universal gas constant and the ratio of Cp to Cυ is γ then Cυ=