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Grade Upto college levelPhysical Chemistry

1) 10 g of argon gas is compressed isothermally and reversibly at a temperature of 270C from 10 Lit to 5 Lit. Calculate q and ∆H for this process.
Ans: q = + 103.99 calories and ∆H = 0

Profile image of bala  sankar
11 Years agoGrade Upto college level
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Profile image of Ramreddy
11 Years ago
The process is isothermal, T=constant.
Change in internal energy(dU)=0
from 1st law q= dU + dW
q= dW
ispthermal work done= nRT ln(V2/V1)
You can use the above equation to find the q and dH.
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Profile image of Ramreddy
11 Years ago
The process is isothermal, T=constant.
Change in internal energy(dU)=0
from 1st law q= dU + dW
q= dW
ispthermal work done= nRT ln(V2/V1)
You can use the above equation to find the q and dH.
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Profile image of britto george
11 Years ago
this is a simple question and you can get good things from solving this so just try