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What is an adiabatic system? Is this an isolated system?

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An adiabatic system is a closed system which can exchange serveral forms of energy (e.g., work) but not heat with its surroundings. It is not an isolated system as an isolated system cannot exhchange either matter or energy with its surroundings.
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CHHAYA PUBLICATION-CHEMICAL THERMODYNAMICS-WARM UP EXERCISE
  1. What are diathermal and adiabatic boundaries?

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  2. Identify the correct statement in a chemical reaction-

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  3. What is an adiabatic system? Is this an isolated system?

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  4. Identify the following as an extensive or intensive property: Enthalpy...

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  5. A closed container with impermeable diathermal walls contains some amo...

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  6. X is a state function of a thermodynamic system. How are its finite an...

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  7. What do you mean by a state function? Give some examples of state func...

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  8. Thermodynamic state functions are path-independent quantities. Explain...

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  9. Give two examples of path-dependent quantities. Are they properties of...

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  10. Under what conditions will a system be in themodynamic equilibrium?

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  11. Why is the change in any state function in a cyclic process zero? Is t...

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  12. A closed system participates in the following process: A to B to C. In...

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  13. 1 mol of an ideal gas participate in the process as described in the f...

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  14. Are the following changes reversible or irreversible? Give proper expl...

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  15. One mole of an ideal gas participates in a cylic reversible process as...

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  16. Why is a process occurring in an open container considered to be an is...

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  17. What is the origin of internal energy of a system? Why cannot absolute...

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  18. Why is the internal energy of a system a state function?

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  19. Is the internal energy of a system at 25^(@)C greater or less than its...

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  20. In the process AtoBtoC, the change in internal energy of the system in...

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