QST 1
Calculate work done to compress isothermally 1 g of hydrogen gas at N.T.P. to half its
initial volume. Find out the change in internal energy.
QST 1 ANS
= -786.2 J
QST 2
1 g of water at 373 K is converting into steam at the same temperature.
The volume of 1 cm3 of water becomes 1671 cm3 on boiling. Calculate the change in internal
energy of the systemif heat of vaporization is 540 cal. g-1 , Given standard atmosphere
pressure is 1.013 × 105 Nm-2.
QST 3
A certain gas has the following values of its critical constants:
Pc = 45.6 atm, Vm,c = 0.0987 dm3 mol-1 and Tc = 190.6K. Calculate the van der Waals
constants of this gas. Also, estimate the radius of the gas molecules assuming that they
are spherical.
QST 4
Calculate the critical temperature of a van der Waals gas for which Pc is
100 atm and b is 50 cm3 mol-1
QST 5
A gas has a compressibility factor of 0.5 and a molar volume of 0.4 dm3 mol-1 at a
Temperature of 800 K and pressure X atm. If it shows ideal gas behaviour at the same
Temperature and pressure the molar volume will be Y dm3 mol-1. Then calculate the
value of X/Y
Use gas constant R = 8 × 10-2 L atm K-1 mol-1
QST 6
For one mole of a van der Waals gas when b = 0 and T = 300 K, the PV vs 1/V plot is shown
below. The value of van der Waals constant a is
(A) 1.0 (B) 4.5 (C) 1.5 (D) 3.0