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Air (ideal gas with γ=1.4) at 1 bar and 300 K is compressed till the final volume is one-sixteenth of the original volume, following a polytropic process PV1.25=const.
Calculate the (a) work done and (b) the energy transferred as heat per mole of the air.

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9.977 kJ/mol,3.742 kJ/mol
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6.97 kJ/mol,8.24 kJ/mol
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6.97 kJ/mol,2.64 kJ/mol
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3.742 kJ/mol, 2.64 kJ/mol
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Solution

The correct option is A 9.977 kJ/mol,3.742 kJ/mol
Given that gas followsPV1.25=constant
Let V1 be volume corresponding to pressure P1=1 bar,
V2 be volume corresponding to pressure P2
Also given that V2=V116
Hence,
P1V1.251=P2V1.252
P2=P1(V1/V2)1.25=1(16)1.25=32 bar
Using P1V1T1=P2V2T2
T2=(T1P2V2)(P1V1)=(300×32×1)(1×16)=600 K

(a)Work done in a polytropic processW=(P1V1P2V2)(n1)=R(T1T2)(n1)
W=8.314(300600)(1.251)=9.977 kJ/mol

(b)Heat transferred in this processQ=W{(γn)/(γ1)}
=9.977(1.41.25)/(1.41)
=3.742 kJ/mol

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