Q. One mole of an ideal gas at an initial temperature of T kelvin does 6R joules of work adiabatically. If the ratio of specific heats of this gas at constant pressure and at constant volume is 5/3, the final temperature of gas will be

A) (T+2.4) K
B) (T-2.4) K
C) (T+4) K
D) (T-4) K
Explanation

(d) In an adiabatic process
$\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \mathrm{\Delta}Q = 0\ $
So, from 1st law of thermodynamics
$\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ W = - \mathrm{\Delta}U$
$\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ = - nC_{V}\ \mathrm{\Delta}T$
$\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ = - n\left( \frac{R}{\gamma - 1} \right)(T_{f} - T_{i})$
$\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ = \frac{nR}{\gamma - 1}(T_{i} - T_{f})$ ----(i)
Here W=6R J, n=1 mol
R=8.31 J/mol-K, $\gamma = \frac{5}{3},\ \ \ \ \ \ T_{i} = TK$
Substituting given values in Eq. (i), we get
$\therefore\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 6R = \frac{R}{(5/3 - 1)}(T - T_{f})$
$\Rightarrow \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 6R = \frac{3R}{2}(T - T_{f})$
$\Rightarrow \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ T - T_{f} = 4\ $
$\therefore\ \ {\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ T}_{f} = (T - 4)K$

Dr. Abubacker
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