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Consider an isothermal reversible compression of 1 mole of an ideal gas in which pressure of the system increased from 5 atm to 30 atm at 300 K. The entropy change (in kJ) of the surrounding is:
(R=8.314 Jmol1K1)

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1.5 kJ/mol
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15 kJ/mol
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0.07 kJ/mol
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0.7 kJ/mol
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Solution

The correct option is B 15 kJ/mol
We know, dW=pdV
Then
W=V2V1PdV=V2V1nRTVdV=nRT ln(V1V2)

or, W=nRT ln(P1P2) [P1P2=V1V2]

or, W=1×8.314×300×ln(530)=8.314×300×1.79

or, W=4.46 kJ
Therefore, Q=W=4.46 kJ [ΔU=0]

ΔS=QT=4.46×1033×102=15 kJ/mol

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