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Q193MHT CET 2021 · 24 SEP · SHIFT 1Medium

Thermodynamic Processes

An ideal gas with pressure PP, volume VV and temperature TT is expanded isothermally to a volume 2 V2\,V and a final pressure PiP_i. The same gas is expanded adiabatically to a volume 2 V2\,V, the final pressure is PaP_a. In terms of the ratio of the two specific heats for the gas 'γ\gamma', the ratio PiPa\frac{P_i}{P_a} is

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Answer: (b)

  1. Isothermal: Pi=P2P_i = \frac{P}{2}. Adiabatic: Pa=P2γP_a = \frac{P}{2^{\gamma}}.
  2. PiPa=2γ2=2γ−1\frac{P_i}{P_a} = \frac{2^{\gamma}}{2} = 2^{\gamma-1}
  3. So the answer is (b) 2γ−12^{\gamma-1}.
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