FIGURE P19.62 shows a thermodynamic process followed by 120 mg of helium. How much work is done on the gas during each of the three segments?

The volume of a gas is halved during an adiabatic compression that increases the pressure by a factor of 2.5. What is the specific heat ratio γ?

14 g of nitrogen gas at STP are adiabatically compressed to a pressure of 20 atm. What is the compression ratio V_max/V_min?

A monatomic gas is adiabatically compressed to 1/8 of its initial volume. Does each of the following quantities change? If so, does it increase or decrease, and by what factor? If not, why not? The thermal energy of the gas.

An experiment you're designing needs a gas with γ = 1.50. You recall from your physics class that no individual gas has this value, but it occurs to you that you could produce a gas with γ = 1.50 by mixing together a monatomic gas and a diatomic gas. What fraction of the molecules need to be monatomic?

A cylinder contains $0.0100$ mol of helium at $T = 27.0$°C. If the gas is ideal, what is the change in its internal energy in part (a)? In part (b)? How do the two answers compare? Why?

(a) How much heat is needed to raise the temperature to $67.0$°C while keeping the volume constant? Draw a $pV$-diagram for this process.

(b) If instead the pressure of the helium is kept constant, how much heat is needed to raise the temperature from $27.0$°C to $67.0$°C? Draw a $pV$-diagram for this process.

A cylinder contains $0.0100$ mol of helium at $T = 27.0$°C. What accounts for the difference between your answers to parts (a) and (b)? In which case is more heat required? What becomes of the additional heat?

(a) How much heat is needed to raise the temperature to $67.0$°C while keeping the volume constant? Draw a $pV$-diagram for this process.

(b) If instead the pressure of the helium is kept constant, how much heat is needed to raise the temperature from $27.0$°C to $67.0$°C? Draw a $pV$-diagram for this process.

A cylinder contains $0.0100$ mol of helium at $T = 27.0$°C. If instead the pressure of the helium is kept constant, how much heat is needed to raise the temperature from $27.0$°C to $67.0$°C? Draw a $pV$-diagram for this process.