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PV diagram is a graph between pressure P and volume V of the system . The P-V diagram is used to calculate the amount of work done by the gas during expansion or on the gas during compression.
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  9. Give the equation of state for an adiabatic process.

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  10. The mass of a helium atom is 6.66×10^-27 kg. Compute the specific heat...

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  11. If the piston of a container is pushed fast inward .Will th...

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  13. What is a cyclic process ?

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  14. What is meant by reversible and irreversible processes ?

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  15. State Clausius form of the second law of thermodynamics.

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  16. State Kelvin- Planck statement of second law of thermodynamics.

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  17. Define heat engine .

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  18. Work done by 0.1 mole of a gas at 27°C to double its volume at constan...

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  20. State the second law of thermodynamics in therms of entropy.

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