In an industrial process the volume of 25.0 mol of a monatomic ideal gas is reduced at a

Chapter 19, Problem 86

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In an industrial process the volume of 25.0 mol of a monatomic ideal gas is reduced at a uniform rate from 0.616 m3 to 0.308 m3 in 2.00 h while its temperature is increased at a uniform rate from 27.0C to 450C. Throughout the process, the gas passes through thermodynamic equilibrium states. What are (a) the cumulative work done on the gas, (b) the cumulative energy absorbed by the gas as heat, and (c) the molar specific heat for the process? (Hint: To evaluate the integral for the work, you might use a bxA Bxdx bxBaB bAB2 ln(A Bx), an indefinite integral.) Suppose the process is replaced with a twostep process that reaches the same final state. In step 1, the gas volume is reduced at constant temperature, and in step 2 the temperature is increased at constant volume. For this process, what are (d) the cumulative work done on the gas, (e) the cumulative energy absorbed by the gas as heat,and (f) the molar specific heat for the process?