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A heat engine is a device that converts heat energy into mechanical energy.
A refrigerator is a reverse heat engine. Can we decrease the temperature of a room by keeping the door of a refrigerator open? Explain.

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  2. Which law of thermodynamics implies that no heat engine can be 100% ef...

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  5. Explain briefly, the operations of a Carnot's engine, draw the Carnot'...

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  6. Can you design a heat engine of 100% efficiency. Justify your answer.

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  7. Three moles of an ideal gas kept at a constant temperature of 300K are...

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  8. Three moles of an ideal gas kept at a constant temperature of 300K are...

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  9. A Carnot engine is working between temperatures of 27°C and 327°C. Fin...

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  10. A refrigerator takes a quantity of heat 'Q' from the cold body, with w...

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  11. A refrigerator takes a quantity of heat 'Q' from the cold body, with w...

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  12. A heat engine is a device that converts heat energy into mechanical en...

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  13. Heat is supplied to a system, but its internal energy does not increas...

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  14. Name the gas law which gives the relationship between the pressure and...

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  15. Camot engine is considered as an ideal heat engine. Draw the P-V graph...

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