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What forbids complete conversion of heat into work?

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  1. Does the value of y depends upon atomicity of the gas ?

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  2. Give three examples of heat engine.

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  3. What forbids complete conversion of heat into work?

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  4. Distinguish between reversible and irrversible processes.

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  5. Distinguish between adiabatic and isothermal processes.

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  6. What do you mean by a cyclic process ? How it is represented in a pV d...

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  7. What factors reduce the efficiency of a heat engine from it’s ideal va...

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  8. Explain CP and CV. Which is greater and Why ?

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  9. What is J? How it is related to work and heat ? What is it’s amount an...

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  10. If an inflated tyer bursts, the air escaping out is cooled, why ?

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  11. What is ‘isobaric change’ ? Draw the PV diagram.

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  12. Two identical samples of gas are allowed to expand to double it’s volu...

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  13. Can any two isothermals cut, each other ?

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  14. What is the efficiency of a heat engine ?

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  15. Why should the source and sink of carnot cycle be of infinite capacity...

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  16. Is conversion of water into steam a reversible or an irreversible proc...

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  17. What happens to the efficiency of a carnot engine if the temperature o...

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  18. What are reversible and irreversible processes ? Explain with examples...

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  19. State first law of thermodynamics

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  20. Distinguish between adiabatic and isothermal processes.

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