THERMAL PHYSICS, HOME WORK SHEET-6

1. A diatomic ideal gas is heated at constant volume unitil the pressure is doubled and again heated at constant
pressure until volume is doubled. The average molar heat capacity for whole process is :
13R 19 R 23R 17 R
(A) (b) (C) (D)
6 6 6 6

2. An ideal gas undergoes an expansion from a state with temperature T1 and volume V1 to V2 through three
different polytropic processes A, B and C as shown in the P-V diagram. If | E A |, | EB | and | EC | be the
magnitude of changes in internal energy along the three paths respectively, then :
(A) | E A |  | EB |  | EC | if temperature in every process decreases
(B) | E A |  | EB |  | EC | if temperature in every process decreases
(C) | E A |  | EB |  | EC | if temperature in every process increases
(D) | E A |  | EB |  | EC | if temperature in every process increases

Comprehension (3 - 5)

IR
An ideal gas initially at pressure p0 undergoes a free expansion (expansion against vaccum under adiabatic condi-

S
tions) until its volume is 3 times as initial volume. The gas is next adiabatically compressed back to its original
volume. The pressure after compression is 32/3 p0.

3. The pressure of the gas after the free expansion is :

C
p0
(A) (B) p1/3
0
(C) p0 (D) 3p0
3

K
4. The gas
(A) is monoatomic (B) is diatomic
(C) is polyatomic (D) type is not possible to decide from the given information

5.

N
One mole of an ideal gas is taken from state A to state B by three different processes, (a) ACB (b) ADB (c)
AEB as shown in the P–V diagram. The heat absorbed by the gas is :
(A) greater in process (b) then in (a)
(B) the least in process (b)
(C) the same in (a) and (c)
(D) less in (c) then in (b)

P2
6. During an experiment, an ideal gas is found to obey a condition 
 =constant [ = density of the gas]. The


gas is initially at temperature T, pressure P and density  . The gas expands such that density changes to .
2
(A) The pressure of the gas changes to 2 P.
(B) The temperature of the gas changes to 2T .
(C) The graph of the above process on the P-T diagram is parabola.
(D) The graph of the above process on the P-T diagram is hyperbola.

ANSWERS
HOME WORK SHEET-6
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.