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A bicycle pump becomes hot when air is pumped into the tube. Why?

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due to adiabatic compression
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  2. The molecular weight of a gas is M. If the specific heat and molar spe...

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  3. A bicycle pump becomes hot when air is pumped into the tube. Why?

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  4. Air coming out form a burst bicycle or motorcar tube appears to be col...

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  5. If gamma of a gas is equal to 1.66 then what is the number of atoms in...

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  6. Adiabatic curves are comparatively then isothermal curves. [Fill in t...

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  7. If the pressure and the temperature of a gas change at constant volume...

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  8. What is the change in internal energy in an isothermal process?

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  9. In which expansion the internal energy of a gas be decreases?

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  10. If M is the molecular weight of a gas, what is the difference between ...

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  11. In case of 1 mol of an ideal gas, write down the value of C(v) - C(p).

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  12. An ideal gas rejects 10 cal of heat at constant volume. Find the work ...

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  13. What is the relation between p and V in an adiabatic process?

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  14. A process against frictional force cannot be . [Fill in the blank]

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  15. Two balls of the same mass, one of iron and the other of copper, are d...

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  16. In an isothermal process, the gas containers should be made of highlym...

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  17. In an adiabatic process, the gas containers should be made of highly ...

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  18. Is joule's heating process reversible or irreversible?

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  19. Write down the coefficient of performance of an ideal refrigerator.

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  20. What is the value of the efficiency of an ideal heat engine?

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