Heat and Thermodynamics 5 Question 9
9. A rigid diatomic ideal gas undergoes an adiabatic process at room temperature. The relation between temperature and volume for this process is constant, then is
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
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Solution:
- Key Idea For an ideal gas undergoing an adiabatic process at room temperature,
For a diatomic gas, degree of freedom,
As for adiabatic process,
and it is given that, here
Comparing Eqs. (i) and (ii), we get
or