Engineering
Chemistry
First Law and Various Process
Question

10 L sample of an ideal gas is expanded reversibly and isothermally at 300K from initial pressure of 10 atm to final pressure of 1 atm. The heat absorbed by gas during the process is approximately

23 kJ

50 kJ

15 kJ

32 kJ

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Solution

W = – nRT ln V2V1 = – P1V1 ln V2V1 L atm
    = – 100 ln 10
    = – 2.303 × 100 × 101.355 ≈ –23 kJ     
    = q ≈ + 23 kJ