FSCPHY134 Jan 2015 (1/15) SEM 3

TUTORIAL 1.3
THERMODYNAMICS

Q1
a) State the First Law of Thermodynamics and write its equation.

b) Explain the processes below.

i) Isothermal process
ii) Adiabatic process
iii) Isochoric (isovolumetric) process
iv) Isobaric process

Q2
A monatomic ideal gas at a pressure of 250 kPa expands isothermally until its volume doubles.

a) Compute the gas pressure at that point

b) Sketch a P-V graph for the system

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Q3
A system does 164 J of work on its environment and gains 77 J of heat in the process.
Find the change in the internal energy of the system.

Q4
A thermodynamic system receives 500 J of heat while doing 200 J of work. What is its net
change in internal energy?

Q5

A fixed mass of an ideal gas slowly release 1200 J of heat and as a result contracts slowly, at a
constant pressure of 2.0 × 104 Pa, from a volume of 0.050 m3 to a volume of 0.025 m3. What is
the effect on the internal energy of the gas?

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Q6
An unknown gas is compressed adiabatically. The amount of work done on the gas is 500 J.
Determine the change in internal energy of the gas.

Q7
A system absorbed 150 J of heat while 200 J of work is done by the system.
a) Compute the change in internal energy of the system
b) Did the internal energy increase in the system?

Q8

Refer to the diagram above. The internal energy of a substance has increased by 20 J from
points A to B. Heat energy of 80 J is absorbed by the substance from points B to C and its
internal energy decreased by 5 J.
a) What is the thermodynamics process involved from A to B and from B to C?
b) How much work was done from A to B?
c) How much work was done from B to C?

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Q9
2.50 L of an ideal gas at 20 oC is heated and expanded at a constant pressure of 5 atm. As its
temperature increased to 127 oC,
i) Calculate the new volume of the gas
ii) How much work is done by the gas?
iii) Calculate the change in internal energy if the system absorbed 250 J of heat during the
process
iv) Sketch the P-V graph.

Q 10

a) A gas is compressed under isobaric conditions, and its volume changes from 7.0 x 10-3 m3 to
2.0 x 10-3 m3. The pressure of the gas is 1.5 x 105 Pa. Determine
i) the work done.

ii) how much work is done if the gas then expands from 2.0 x 10-3 m3 to 8.0 x 10-3 m3 under
isobaric conditions?

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Q 11
A gas is enclosed in a cylinder fitted with a light frictionless piston and maintained at
atmospheric pressure. When 5.23 x 106 J of heat is added to the gas, the volume is observed to
increase slowly from 12.0 m3 to 18.2 m3. Calculate
i) The work done by the gas
ii) The change in the internal energy of gas

Given 1 atm : 1.013 x 105 Pa

Q 12

Referring to above , an ideal gas has undergoes two processes AB and BC. 8 KJ of heat is
supplied to the process AB and 4KJ of heat is dissipated from the gas for process BC.
Calculate:

i) The work done for AB and BC

ii) The changes in internal energy for AB and BC

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Q 13

A gas is taken through the cycle as illustrated in Figure above. During one cycle, how much
work is done by an engine operating on this cycle?

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