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3. 2 moles of an ideal gas at 17oC has a pressure of 760mm mercury, and is compressed once isothermally and then adiabatically until its volume is halved [in each case reversibly and from identical initial conditions]. The gas constant is 8.314J/kg. The density of the mercury is 13.60g/cm3 . [Express all your answers in MKS units e.g. volume in cubic meter, pressure in Pascal, Temperature in Kelvin, etc.]
(a) Express the pressure of the gas in units of Pascal.
Pi =
For parts (b) through (h) assume the initial pressure of the gas is 1.013 × 105P a
(b) What is the initial volume of the gas?
Vi =
Consider the isothermal process:
(c) What is the final pressure of the gas?
Pf =
(d) What is the work done on the gas[careful with the sign]?
W =
(e) What is heat leaving the system[careful with the sign]?
Q = Consider now the adiabetic process:
(f) What is the final pressure of the gas?
Pf =
(g) What is the final Temperature of the gas?
Tf =
(h) What is the work done on the gas
W =
(i) Plot the two processes in the same P vs V diagram qualitatively[but accurately] and label clearly the adiabatic and the isothermal curves. (P along vertical axis and V along horizontal axis)