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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

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8.32
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12.00
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554.67
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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
=8.317kJ8.32kJ

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