The internal energy when a system goes from state A to B is 40kJmol−1. If the system goes from A to B by a reversible path and returns to state A by an irreversible path. What would be the net change in internal energy?
A
40 kJ
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B
> 40 kJ
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C
< 40 kJ
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D
zero
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Solution
The correct option is D zero Internal energy is a state function because its value doesn’t depend on the path taken to reach that specific value but it
depends only on final and initial value. For the cyclic process the change in value of state functions becomes zero. Hence value of ΔU=0