A two stage compressor is used to compress an ideal gas. The gas is cooled to the initial temperature after each stage. The intermediate pressure for the minimum total work requirement should be equal to the _____________ mean of P1 and P2.(where, P1 and P2 are initial and final pressures respectively) ?

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1. 1m3 of an ideal gas at 500 K and 1000 kPa expands reversibly to 5 times its initial volume in an insulated container. If the specific heat capacity (at constant pressure) of the gas is 21 J/mole . K, the final temperature will be ?

   A. 35 K
   B. 174 K
   C. 274 K
   D. 154 K

2. A perfectly insulated container of volume V is divided into two equal halves by a partition. One side is under vacuum, while the other side has one mole of an ideal gas (with constant heat capacity) at 298 K. If the partition is broken, the final temperature of the gas in the container___________________?

   A. Will be greater than 298 K
   B. Will be 298 K
   C. Will be less than 298 K
   D. Cannot be determined

3. Fugacity of a component in an ideal gas mixture is equal to the partial pressure of that component in the mixture. The fugacity of each component in a stable homogeneous solution at constant pressure and temperature ____________ as its mole fraction increases?

   A. Decreases
   B. Decreases exponentially
   C. Increases
   D. Remain constant

4. The temperature at which a real gas obeys the ideal gas laws over a wide range of pressure is called the ____________ temperature?

   A. Critical
   B. Boyle
   C. Inversion
   D. Reduced

5. Air enters an adiabatic compressor at 300K. The exit temperature for a compression ratio of 3, assuming air to be an ideal gas (Y = Cp/Cv = 7/5) and the process to be reversible, is___________________?

   A. 300 × (32/7)
   B. 300 × (33/5)
   C. 300 × (333/7)
   D. 300 × (35/7)

6. 500 c.c. each of hydrogen at 700 mm Hg pressure and oxygen at 600 mm Hg pressure are put together in a vessel of 1 litre capacity. The final pressure of the gas mixture will be _____________ mm Hg?

   A. 650
   B. 700
   C. 600
   D. 375

7. Saturated solution of benzene in water is in equilibrium with a mixture of air and vapours of benzene and water at room temperature and pressure. Mole fraction of benzene in liquid is xB and the vapour pressures of benzene and water at these conditions are pv B and pv w respectively. The partial pressure of benzene in air-vapour mixture is_________________?

   A. PvB
   B. xB.PvB
   C. (Patm – Pvw)xB
   D. xB.Patm

8. An ideal gas is taken around the cycle ABCA as shown in P-V diagram below: The work done by the gas during the cycle is equal to_________________?

   A. 12 P1V1
   B. 6 P1 V1
   C. 3 P1V1
   D. P1 V1

9. The compressibility factor of a gas is given by (where, V1 = actual volume of the gas V2 = gas volume predicted by ideal gas law)____________________?

   A. V1/V2
   B. V2/V1
   C. V1 – V2
   D. V1.V2

10. Answer: Option B 392. Keeping the pressure constant, to double the volume of a given mass of an ideal gas at 27°C, the temperature should be raised to _____________ °C?

    A. 270
    B. 327
    C. 300
    D. 540