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Two moles of helium gas (γ=53) are initially at a temperature at 27C and occupy a volume of 20 litres. The gas is first expanded at constant pressure until the volume is doubled. It then undergoes adiabatic change until the temperature returns to its initial value. If total work done on the gas is -x kcal, then what is x?

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The PV diagram for the given changes is as:


for isobaric process AB,
V1T1=V2T2 (from Charle's law)
20300=40T2,
T2=600 K
wt=wAB=pdV=nRdT (Isobaric process)
=2×2×(600300)=1200 cal
wBC= for adiabatic process
w=n CVΔT
=2×32×R×(300600)
=1800 Cal
wT=18001200=3000 cal=3 kcal

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