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Grade 11Physical Chemistry

Calculate the work of expansion of ideal gas when it expands isothermally and reversibly from 10m3 to 2m3 at 300K.
Answer: -3.485 KJ
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Profile image of Kaushal Negi
6 Years agoGrade 11
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Profile image of Sandeep Mishra
6 Years ago
the question given by you does not mention the number of moles of gas. if we consider the moles of gas as 1, then the following can be done to calculate the work done by the gas
w= − 2.303*( 1 mol ) ( 8.314J/mol ⋅ K ) ( 300K ) log(2/10)=4015 J= -4.015 KJ