What is the work which could be obtained from an isothermal reversible expansion of 1mol of Cl2 from 1dm3 to 50 dm3 at 273K using ideal gas behaviour
(Given log5=0.693)
A
8.88kJmol−1
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B
−8.88kJmol−1
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C
−88.8kJmol−1
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D
−88.8kJmol−1
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Solution
The correct option is B−8.88kJmol−1 Work done for an isothermal reversible process is given as: w=−nRTlnV2V1 R=−8.314JK−1mol−1 T=273K V1= initial volume =1dm3=1L V2= final volume =50dm3=50L
therefore w=−8.314×273×2.303×(log501) w=−8880.80Jmol−1 w=−8.88kJmol−1