One mole of nitrogen at 8 bar and 600 K is contained in a piston-cylinder arrangement. It is brought to 1 bar isothermally against a resisting pressure of 1 bar. The work done (in Joules) by the gas is_________________?

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1. A long cylinder and a sphere both of 5 cms diameter are made from the same porous material. The flat ends of cylinder are sealed. Both the cylinder and sphere are saturated with the same solution of sodium chloride. Later both the objects are immersed for a short and equal interval of time in a large tank of water which is well agitated. The fraction of salt remaining in the cylinder and the sphere are Xc and Xs respectively. Which of the following statement is correct ?

   A. Xc > Xs
   B. Xc = Xs
   C. Xc < Xs
   D. Xc greater/less than Xs depending on the length of the cylinder

2. A rigid vessel containing three moles of nitrogen gas at 30°C is heated to 250°C. Assume the average capacities of nitrogen to be Cp = 29.1 J/mole.°C and, Cv = 20.8 J/mole.°C. The heat required, neglecting the heat capacity of the vessel, is__________________?

   A. 13728 J
   B. 19206 J
   C. 4576 J
   D. 12712 J

3. The accumulation in a steady state combustion process, burning 1 kg mole of carbon with 1 kg mole of oxygen thereby producing 1 kg mole of carbon dioxide, is _____________ kg mole?

   A. 1
   B. 0
   C. 16
   D. 44

4. A fluid gas produced on burning furnace oil contains 0.15 gm mole of CO2, 0.05 gm mole of oxygen and 0.80 gm mole of N2. What is its molecular weight ?

   A. 28.6
   B. 30.0
   C. 30.6
   D. 32.6

5. In a mixture of benzene vapor and nitrogen gas at a total pressure of 900 mm Hg, if the absolute humidity of benzene is 0.2 kg benzene/kg nitrogen, the partial pressure of benzene in mm Hg is__________________?

   A. 180
   B. 60.3
   C. 720
   D. 200

6. The ratio of existing moles of vapor per mole of vapor free gas to the moles of vapor that would be present per mole of vapor free gas, if the mixture were saturated at the existing temperature & pressure, is termed as the_____________________?

   A. Relative humidity
   B. Relative saturation
   C. Percentage saturation
   D. None of these

7. 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

8. A solid metallic block weighing 5 kg has an initial temperature of 500°C. 40 kg of water initially at 25°C is contained in a perfectly insulated tank. The metallic block is brought into contact with water. Both of them come to equilibrium. Specific heat of block material is 0.4 kJ.kg-1. K-1. Ignoring the effect of expansion and contraction and also the heat capacity to tank, the total entropy change in kJ.kg-1, K-1 is_________________?

   A. -1.87
   B. 0
   C. 1.26
   D. 3.91

9. The combustion equations of carbon and carbon monoxide are as follows: C + O2 = CO2, ΔH = – 394 kJ/kg .mole CO + ½ O2 = CO2, ΔH = – 284.5 kJ/kg. mole. The heat of formation of CO is _____________ kJ/kg. mole?

   A. -109.5
   B. +109.5
   C. +180
   D. +100

10. A butane isomerisation process produces 70 k.mole/hr of pure iso-butane. A purge stream removed continuously, contains 85% n-butane and 15% impurity (mole%). The feed stream is n-butane containing 1% impurity (mole%). The flow rate of the purge stream will be_________________?

    A. 3 kmole/hr
    B. 4 kmole/hr
    C. 5 kmole/hr
    D. 6 kmole/hr