BCECE Engineering BCECE Engineering Solved Paper-2006

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    The change in the entropy of a 1 mole of an ideal gas which went through an isothermal process from an initial state\[({{P}_{1}},{{V}_{1,}}T)\] to the final state \[({{P}_{2}},{{V}_{2,}}T)\] is equal to:

    A)  zero                                     

    B)         \[\text{R}\,\text{In}\,\text{T}\]

    C)         \[\text{R}\,\text{In}\,\frac{{{\text{V}}_{1}}}{{{\text{V}}_{2}}}\]                              

    D)         \[\text{R}\,\text{In}\,\frac{{{\text{V}}_{\text{2}}}}{{{\text{V}}_{\text{1}}}}\]

    Correct Answer: D

    Solution :

    Key Idea: In an isothermal process, there is no change in internal energy of gas, i.e., \[\Delta U=0.\] The change in entropy of an ideal gas                                 \[\Delta S=\frac{\Delta Q}{T}\]                  ?(i) In isothermal process, there is no change in internal energy of gas, i.e., \[\Delta U=0\]                 \[\therefore \]  \[\Delta U=\Delta Q-W\]                 \[\Rightarrow \]               \[0=\Delta Q-W\] \[\Rightarrow \]               \[\Delta Q=W\] ie., \[\text{Q =}\]work done by gas in isothermal process which went through from \[\text{(}{{\text{P}}_{1}}\text{,}{{\text{V}}_{1}}\text{,T)}\] to \[\text{(}{{\text{P}}_{2}}\text{,}{{\text{V}}_{2}}\text{,T)}\] or            \[\Delta Q=\mu RT{{\log }_{e}}\left( \frac{{{V}_{2}}}{{{V}_{1}}} \right)\]                                ?(ii) For 1 mole of an ideal gas, \[\mu =1\] So, from Eqs. (i) and (ii), we get or            \[\Delta S=R{{\log }_{e}}\left( \frac{{{V}_{2}}}{{{V}_{1}}} \right)\]                 \[=R\ln \left( \frac{{{V}_{2}}}{{{V}_{1}}} \right)\]                     


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