Specific Heats of Gases - Cp, Cv, γ & Mayer's Relation
The amount of heat needed to raise the temperature of 4 moles of rigid diatomic gas from 0 C to 50 C when no work is done is ___________. (R is the universal gas constant).
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Answer: (a)
- No work done means constant volume: .
- Rigid diatomic: , K.
- So the answer is (a) .