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When a gas is compressed adiabaticlly, it becomes more elasitc. Is this ture ?

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Yes, since the bulk modules is `gamma P`, an increase of `P` makes the medium more elastic.
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CENGAGE PHYSICS-KINETIC THEORY OF GASES AND FIRST LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS-Exercise 2.2
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  5. What amount of heat is to be transferred to nitrogen in an isobaric he...

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  6. As a result of the isobaric heating by DeltaT=72K, one mole of a certa...

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  7. A certain mass of a gas is compressed first adiabatically, and then is...

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  8. A cylindrical vessel of 28 cm diameter contains 20 g of nitrogen compr...

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  9. One mole of oxygen is heated at constant pressure starting at 0^(@)C. ...

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  10. An ideal gas expands from an initial temperature T(1) to a final tempe...

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  11. An ideal gas whose adiabatic exponent equals gamma expands so that the...

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  13. Find out the work done in the given graph. Also draw the corresponding...

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  14. Two moles of a diatomic gas at 300 K are kept in a nonconducting conta...

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  15. A sample of an ideal gas is taken through the cyclic process abca . It...

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  16. The internal energy of a monatomic ideal gas is 1.5 nRT.One mole of he...

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  17. A sample of ideal gas (gamma = 1.4) is heated at constant pressure. If...

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  18. P-V curve of a diatomic gas is shown in the Fig. Find the total heat g...

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