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Question:

During an adiabatic compression,830 Jof work is done on2 molesof a diatomic ideal gas to reduce its volume by50?

20K

14K

40K

33K

Solution:

The work done in adiabatic process is given asW=nRΔTγ−1;or830=2×8.3×ΔT1.4−1;orΔT=20K