Thermodynamic Processes
A monoatomic ideal gas, initially at temperature is enclosed in a cylinder fitted with massless, frictionless piston. By releasing the piston suddenly, the gas is allowed to expand adiabatically to a temperature . If and are the lengths of the gas columns before and after expansion respectively, then is given by
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Answer: (c)
- Adiabatic, monatomic : constant, and .
- So the answer is (c).