A frictionless piston-cylinder device contains a gas initially at 0.8 MPa and 0.015 m3. It expands quasistatically at constant temperature to a final volume of 0.030 m3. The work output (in kJ) during this process will be
A
8.32
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B
12.00
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C
554.67
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D
8320.00
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Solution
The correct option is A 8.32 (a)
Given data for constant temperature process: p1=0.8MPa=800kPa V1=0.015m3 V2=0.030m3
We know that work done for constant temperature process, W=p1V1logeV2V1 800×0.015loge0.0300.015 =8.317kJ≈8.32kJ