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  • Question
  • Charles' law states that all perfect gases change in volume by __________ of its original volume at 0° C for every 1° C change in temperature, when pressure remains constant.


  • Options
  • A. 1/27th
  • B. 1/93th
  • C. 1/173th
  • D. 1/273th

  • Correct Answer
  • 1/273th 


  • Thermodynamics problems


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    • 1. The molecular mass of a substance is the number of times a molecule of that substance is heavier than the hydrogen atom.

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    • A. True
    • B. False
    • Discuss
    • 2. Equal volumes of all gases, at the same temperature and pressure, contain equal number of molecules. This statement is called Avogadro's law.

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    • A. True
    • B. False
    • Discuss
    • 3. The entropy may be expressed as a function of

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    • A. pressure and temperature
    • B. temperature and volume
    • C. heat and work
    • D. all of these
    • Discuss
    • 4. The polytropic index (n) is given by

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    • A.
    • B.
    • C.
    • D.
    • Discuss
    • 5. Which of the following statement is correct?

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    • A. The increase in entropy is obtained from a given quantity of heat at a low temperature.
    • B. The change in entropy may be regarded as a measure of the rate of the availability or unavailability of heat for transformation into work.
    • C. The entropy represents the maximum amount of work obtainable per degree drop in temperature.
    • D. all of the above
    • Discuss
    • 6. For the same maximum pressure and temperature,

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    • A. Otto cycle is more efficient than Diesel cycle
    • B. Diesel cycle is more efficient than Otto cycle
    • C. Dual cycle is more efficient than Otto and Diesel cycles
    • D. Dual cycle is less efficient than Otto and Diesel cycles
    • Discuss
    • 7. For the constant pressure and heat input, the air standard efficiency of gas power cycle is in the order

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    • A. Dual cycle, Diesel cycle, Otto cycle
    • B. Otto cycle, Diesel cycle, Dual cycle
    • C. Dual cycle, Otto cycle, Diesel cycle
    • D. Diesel cycle, Otto cycle, Dual cycle
    • Discuss
    • 8. Diesel cycle consists of __________ processes.

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    • A. two constant volume and two isentropic
    • B. two constant pressure and two isentropic
    • C. two constant volume and two isothermal
    • D. one constant pressure, one constant volume and two isentropic
    • Discuss
    • 9. It is __________ to construct an engine working on a cyclic process, whose sole purpose is to convert heat energy into work.

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    • A. possible
    • B. impossible
    • Discuss
    • 10. The entropy of the universe is continually on the increase.

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    • A. Correct
    • B. Incorrect
    • Discuss


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