Answer:
(a) When the stopcock is suddenly opened, the volume available to the gas at 1 atomosphere pressure will become two times. Therefore, pressure will decrease to one-half, i.e., atomsphere.
(b) There will be no change in the internal energy of the gas as no work is done on/by the gas.
(c) Also, there will be no change in temperature of the gas as gas does no work in expansion.
(d) No, because the process called free expansion is rapid and cannot be controlled. The intermediate states are non-equilibrium states and do not satisfy the gas equation. In due course, the gas does return to an equilibrium state.
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