Thermodynamic Processes
When a diatomic gas (rigid) undergoes adiabatic change, its pressure and temperature are related as . The value of is
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Answer: (b)
- Adiabatic: .
- Rigid diatomic: , so
- So the answer is (b) 3.5.
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