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During an adiabatic process, the pressure of a gas is found to be proportional to the cube of its temperature. The ratio of CpCv\frac{C_p}{C_v} for the gas is

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Answer: (b)

  1. Adiabatic in PP-TT form: P1−γTγ=constP^{1-\gamma}T^\gamma = \text{const}, so P∝Tγ/(γ−1)P \propto T^{\gamma/(\gamma-1)}.
  2. Given P∝T3P \propto T^3: γγ−1=3⇒γ=3γ−3⇒γ=32\frac{\gamma}{\gamma - 1} = 3 \Rightarrow \gamma = 3\gamma - 3 \Rightarrow \gamma = \frac{3}{2}
  3. So the answer is (b) 32\frac{3}{2}.
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