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A person of mass 60 kg wants to lose 5 kg by going up and down a 10m high stairs. Assume he burns twice as much fat while going up than coming down. If 1 kg of fat is burnt on expending 7000 kilo calories, how many times must he go up and down to reduce his weight by 5 kg?
A person of mass 60 kg wants to lose 5 kg by going up and down a 10m high stairs. Assume he burns twice as much fat while going up than coming down. If 1 kg of fat is burnt on expending 7000 kilo calories, how many times must he go up and down to reduce his weight by 5 kg?
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Height of stairs h= 10m
Energy produced by burning 1 kg of fat = 7000Kcal
Energy produced by burning 5kg of fat = 5
Energy utilised in going up and down one time
= mgh + =
=
= 9000J= 9000/4.2=3000/1.4cal
Number of times, the person
Consider a Carnot’s cycle operating between T1 = 500K and T2=300K producing 1 k J of mechanical work per cycle. Find the heat transferred to the engine by the reservoirs.
Consider a Carnot’s cycle operating between T1 = 500K and T2=300K producing 1 k J of mechanical work per cycle. Find the heat transferred to the engine by the reservoirs.
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Temperature of the source T1= 500K and sink T2= 300K
Work done W= 1000J
Efficiency of Carnot engine = 1-T2/T1= 1-300/500= 200/500= 2/5
Efficiency = W/Q1
So Q1= W/efficiency = 1000
Air pressure in a car tyre increases during driving. Explain.
Air pressure in a car tyre increases during driving. Explain.
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During driving temperature of the gas increases while volume remains constant. So according charle's law, at constant volume V.
Pressure is directly proportional to temperature. Therefore pressure of gas increases.
Is it possible to increase the temperature of a gas without adding heat to it? Explain.
Is it possible to increase the temperature of a gas without adding heat to it? Explain.
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Yes during adiabatic compression the temperature of a gas increases while no heat is
In adiabatic compression dQ=0
From the first law of thermodynamics dU= dQ-dW
dU=-dW
in compression work is done on the gas i.e work done is negative
dU=
If a refrigerator’s door is kept open, will the room become cool or hot? Explain.
If a refrigerator’s door is kept open, will the room become cool or hot? Explain.
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If a refrigerator's doors is kept open, then room will become hot, because amount of heat removed would be less than the amount of heat released in the room.
A system goes from P to Q by two different paths in the P-V diagram as shown in Fig. 12.8. Heat given to the system in path 1 is 1000 J. The work done by the system along path 1 is more than path 2 by 100 J. What is the heat exchanged by the system in path 2?

A system goes from P to Q by two different paths in the P-V diagram as shown in Fig. 12.8. Heat given to the system in path 1 is 1000 J. The work done by the system along path 1 is more than path 2 by 100 J. What is the heat exchanged by the system in path 2?

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For path1
Heat Q1= 1000J
Work done =W1
For path 2
Work done W2= W1-100
As change in internal energy is same
dU=Q1-W1=Q2-W2
1000-W1=Q2-W1+100
Q2= 1000-100= 900J
Can a system be heated and its temperature remains constant?
Can a system be heated and its temperature remains constant?
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Yes this is possible when the entire heat supplied to the system is utilised in expansion.
So its working against the surroundings.
Consider one mole of perfect gas in a cylinder of unit cross section with a piston attached . A spring (spring constant k) is attached (unstretched length L ) to the piston and to the bottom of the cylinder. Initially the spring is unstretched and the gas is in equilibrium. A certain amount of heat Q is supplied to the gas causing an increase of volume from Vo to V1.

(a) What is the initial pressure of the system?
(b) What is the final pressure of the system?
(c) Using the first law of thermodynamics, write down a relation between Q, Pa, V, Vo and k.
Consider one mole of perfect gas in a cylinder of unit cross section with a piston attached . A spring (spring constant k) is attached (unstretched length L ) to the piston and to the bottom of the cylinder. Initially the spring is unstretched and the gas is in equilibrium. A certain amount of heat Q is supplied to the gas causing an increase of volume from Vo to V1.

(a) What is the initial pressure of the system?
(b) What is the final pressure of the system?
(c) Using the first law of thermodynamics, write down a relation between Q, Pa, V, Vo and k.
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(a) Initially the piston is in equilibrium Pi=Pa

(b) On supplying heat , the gas expands from Vo to Vi
so increase in volume of the gas =Vi-Vo
as the piston is of unit cross sectional area hence extension in the spring
x=
force exerted
Consider that an ideal gas (n moles) is expanding in a process given by P = f ( V ), which passes through a point (Po, V0 ). Show that the gas is absorbing heat at (P0, Vo ) if the slope of the curve P = f (V ) is larger than the slope of the adiabat passing through (Po, V0 ).
Consider that an ideal gas (n moles) is expanding in a process given by P = f ( V ), which passes through a point (Po, V0 ). Show that the gas is absorbing heat at (P0, Vo ) if the slope of the curve P = f (V ) is larger than the slope of the adiabat passing through (Po, V0 ).
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Slope of the curve = f(V) , where V is the volume
Slope of P = f(V) curve at ((Po, V0 )= f(Vo)
Slope of adiabatic at (Po, V0 )= k(-Y)Vo-1-Y =-YPo/Vo
Now heat absorbed in the process P= f(V)
dQ=dU+dW= nCvdT+pdV
pV=nRT
T= pV/nR
T=
nCv
A
A cycle followed by an engine (made of one mole of an ideal gas in a cylinder with a piston) is shown in Fig. Find heat exchanged by the engine, with the surroundings for each section of the cycle. (Cv = (3/2) R)

AB : constant volume
BC : constant pressure
CD : adiabatic
DA : constant pressure
A cycle followed by an engine (made of one mole of an ideal gas in a cylinder with a piston) is shown in Fig. Find heat exchanged by the engine, with the surroundings for each section of the cycle. (Cv = (3/2) R)

AB : constant volume
BC : constant pressure
CD : adiabatic
DA : constant pressure
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(a) For process AB
Volume is constant , hence work done dW=0
dQ=dU+dW=dU+0=dU
= nCvdT= nCv(TB-TA)
=
=
Heat exchanged =
(b) For process BC , p =constant
dQ= dU+dW =
heat exchanged =
(c) For process CD , because C