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Questions Related to principal and molar specific heats of gases

If water at ${ 0 }^{ \circ  }C.$kept in a container with an open top , is placed in a large evacuated chamber- 

  1. All the water will sported

  2. All the water will French .

  3. Part of the water will vaporize will be formed and reached . equilibrium at the triple point.

  4. ice , water and vapour will be formed and reach equilibrium at the triple points .


Correct Option: A

Equal volumes of monoatomic and diatomic gases of same initial temperature and pressure are mixed. The ratio of the specific heats of the mixture ($C _p/C _v$) will be

  1. $1.53$

  2. $1.52$

  3. $1.5$

  4. $1$


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

$C _p$ for a gas is given as $(1+\displaystyle\dfrac{f}{2})R$ and $C _v$ is given as $\displaystyle\dfrac{f}{2}R$. Here f is the degree of freedom. 


For monoatomic gas it is 3 and for a diatomic gas it is 5. 

Thus, we get $C _p$ for the mixture as $\displaystyle\dfrac{5}{2}R+\dfrac{7}{2}R=6R$ and $C _v$ is given as $\displaystyle\dfrac{3}{2}R+\dfrac{5}{2}R=4R$.

Thus, the ratio $\displaystyle\dfrac{C _p}{C _v}$ is given as $\displaystyle\dfrac{3}{2}=1.5$

For an ideal gas during an adiabatic process $\left ( \frac{T^{1}}{P^{2}} \right )^{\frac{1}{5}}$  = constant.  The molar heat capacity at constant volume of the gas is 

  1. 2.5 R

  2. 0.5 R

  3. 3 R

  4. $\frac{7}{2}R$


Correct Option: A

Find the ratio of specific heat at constant pressure to the specific heat at constant volume for ${ NH } _{ 3 }$

  1. 1.33

  2. 1.44

  3. 1.28

  4. 1.67


Correct Option: C

An ideal gas has molar specific heat 5R/2 at constant pressure. If 300 J of heat is given to two moles of gas at constant pressure, the changes in temperature is : 

  1. $ 7.22^oC$

  2. $8.94^oC$

  3. Zero

  4. $5^oC$


Correct Option: D

The volume of 1 kg of hydrogen gas at N.T.P. is ${ 11.2 }m^{ 3 }$. Specific heat of hydrogen at constant volume is $100.46J\quad Kg^{ -1 }{ K }^{ -1 }$.Find the specific heat at constant pressure in $Jkg^{ -1 }{ K }^{ -1 }$?

  1. 120.2

  2. 142.2

  3. 163.4

  4. 182.3


Correct Option: A

The quantity of heat (in J) required to raise the temperature of $1.0\, kg$ of ethanol from $293.45\, K$ to the boiling point and then change the liquid to vapor at that temperature is closest to 
[Given : Boiling point of ethanol $351.45\, K$
              Specific heat capacity of liquid ethanol $2.44\, J\, g^{-1}\, K^{-1}$
               Latent heat of vaporization of ethanol $855\, J \, g^{-1}$]

  1. $1.42\, \times 10^2$

  2. $9.97\, \times 10^2$

  3. $1.42\, \times 10^5$

  4. $9.97\, \times 10^5$


Correct Option: D

A real gas behaves like an ideal gas at which pressure (P) nd temperature (T)?

  1. low P,high T

  2. high P,high T

  3. low P ,low T

  4. high P, low T


Correct Option: D

An ideal monatomic gas follows a law, $P\propto { T }^{ 2 }$ in addition to ideal gas law. Then molar heat capacity for the process is 

  1. $R$

  2. $\dfrac { R }{ 2 } $

  3. $\dfrac { 3R }{ 2 } $

  4. $2R$


Correct Option: A

An ideal gas expands into a vacuum in a rigid vessel. As a result there is :

  1. a change in entropy

  2. a increase of pressure

  3. a change in temperature

  4. a decrease of internal energy


Correct Option: B,C