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Which of the following is the correct statement of second law of thermodynamics?

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Important Questions on Thermodynamics

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One mole of an ideal gas at 300 K in thermal contact with its surroundings expands isothermally from 1.0 L to 2.0 L against a constant pressure of 3.0 atm. In this process, the change in entropy of the surroundings Ssurr in J K-1 is:

1 L atm = 101.3 J
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The entropy change associated with the conversion of 1 kg of ice at 273 K to water vapours at 383 K is:

(Specific heat of water liquid and water vapour are 4.2 kJ K- and 2.0 kJ K-1kg-1 ; heat of liquid fusion and vaporization of water are 334 kJ kg-1 and 2491 kJ kg-1 , respectively). ( log 273=2.436,log373=2.572,log383=2.583 )
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For the reaction, 2ClgCl2g, the correct option is
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When the same quantity of heat is absorbed by a system at two different temperatures T1 and T2, such that T1>T2, change in entropies are ΔS1 and ΔS2 respectively. Then:
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The process with negative entropy change is:
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Which of the following show an increase in entropy?

I. Boiling of water

II. Melting of ice

III. Freezing of water

IV. Formation of hydrogen gas from water

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The true statement amongst the following is:
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During which of the following processes, does entropy decrease ?

(A) Freezing of water to ice at 0°C
(B) Freezing of water to ice at -10°C
(C) N2( g)+3H2( g)2NH3( g)
(D) Adsorption of CO(g) and lead surface
(E) Dissolution of NaCl in water

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The latent heat of melting of ice at 0°C is 6 kJ mol-1 . The entropy change during the melting in J K-1 mol-1 is closets to-
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For the process H2O lH2Og  at T=100oC  and 1 atmosphere pressure, the correct choice is-
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For the following reaction

Fe2O3s+3COg2Fes+3CO2g ΔH°=-29.8 kJ and ΔS°=15 JK-1. What is the value of ΔStotal at 298 K?

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For which of the following processes, S is negative?
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A container is divided into two compartments by a removable partition as shown below:

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In the first compartment, n1 moles of ideal gas He is present in a volume V1. In the second compartment, n2 moles of ideal gas Ne is present in a volume V2. The temperature and pressure in both the compartments are T and P, respectively. Assuming R is the gas constant, the total change in entropy upon removing the partition when the gases mix irreversibly is:

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Calculate the entropy change in melting 1 mole of ice at 273 K ΔHf°=6.025 kJ mol-1.
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Standard molar entropy is
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The volume of one mole of an ideal gas is increased to 10 times of its initial volume isothermally and reversibly. The change in entropy is
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The entropy of a perfectly crystalline solid at absolute zero temperature is:
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In which case change in entropy is negative?
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The entropy change in the isothermal reversible expansion of 2 moles of an ideal gas from 10 to 100 at 300 K is
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For a sample of perfect gas, when its pressure is changed isothermally from pi to pf, the entropy change is given by