First Law of Thermodynamics

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First Law of Thermodynamics: Overview

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Important Questions on First Law of Thermodynamics

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Given below are two statements:

Statement I: If heat is added to a system, its temperature must increase.

Statement II: If positive work is done by a system in a thermodynamic process, its volume must increase.

In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below

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A source supplies heat to a system at the rate of 1000 W. If the system performs work at a rate of 200 W. The rate at which internal energy of the system increases is

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The amount of heat supplied to a gas in a system is equal to 1000 J, the system in return does 200 J of work on the surrounding. Find change in internal energy of the gas.

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If amount of heat given to the system be 80 Joules and the amount of work done by the system is -20 J . If initial internal energy of the system is 250 J. Final internal energy of the system is

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ideal gas expands from volume V1to V2,. This may be achieved by either of the three processes: isobaric, isothermal and adiabatic. Let U be the change in internal energy of the gas, Q be the quantity of heat added to the system and W be the work done by the gas. Identify which of the following statements is false for U?
 

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1 g of water at atmospheric pressure has volume of 1 cm3 and when boiled it becomes 1681 cm3 of steam. The heat of vaporization of water is 540 cal g-1. Then the change in its internal energy in this process is 

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An ideal gas is expanded adiabatically at an initial temperature of 300 K so that its volume is doubled. The final temperature of the hydrogen gas is γ=1.4

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In an insulated container of water is stirred with a rod to increase the temperature. Which of the following is true?

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1 kg of water is heated from 40 °C to 70 °C, if its volume remains constant, then the change in internal energy is (specific heat of water =4148 J kg-1 K-1)

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1.00 kg of liquid water at 100°C undergoes a phase change into steam at 100C at 1.0 atm (take it to be 1.00×105 Pa). The initial volume of the liquid water was 1.00×10-3 m3 which is changed to 2.001 m3 of steam. Find the change in the internal energy of the system.
[Use heat of vaporization 2000 kJ kg-1]

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In the diagram shown Qiaf =80cal and Wef=50 cal. If W=-30 cal for the curved path f value of Q for path fi, will be

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Which of the following is the correct equation?

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A cube of side 5 cm made of iron and having a mass of 1500 g is heated from 25°C to 400°C. The specific heat for iron is 0.12 cal g-1 °C-1 and the coefficient of volume expansion is 3.5×10-5 C-1, the change in the internal energy of the cube is (atm pressure =1×105 N m-2)

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n moles of an ideal gas is taken through a cyclic process ABCD. Pressure - density diagram of which is shown in adjacent figure. If molar mass of gas is M, what will be the work done by gas in cycle.

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A heat engine used one mole of an ideal monatomic gas as a working substance. The engine can follow either cycle A or cycle B in the diagram. The ratio of the efficiencies of the cycles is eAeB=4. If the value of eA+eB is n4. Find the value of n.

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One mole of a monoatomic ideal gas follows a process AB, as shown AV0,3P0 and B5V0,nP0. The average molar heat capacity for the process is 13R6. The value of 'n' on P-axis (see following figure) is

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A cylindrical vessel is divided in two parts by a fixed partition which is perfectly heat conducting. The wall and piston are thermally insulated from surroundings. The left side contains 0.5 moles of gas with Cv=2R at temperature of 300 K. The right side contains 4 moles of a mixture of gases with Cv=1.75R at same temperature of 300 K. The piston compresses slowly the right side from volume of V0 to V04. Find the total change in internal energy of gases. (take R=253 S.I. unit and consider ideal gases only)

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According to the first law of thermodynamics, ΔU=q+w. In special cases the statement can be expressed in different ways. Which of the following is not a correct expression?

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An ideal gas is allowed to expand freely against vacuum in a rigid insulated container. The gas undergoes

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When heat is supplied to the system then ΔQ is ____ and ΔQ is ____ when heat is extracted from the system. Choose the appropriate option.