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where and are coefficient of volume expansion and isothermal compressibility respec-
6. The equation of state of an ideal gas is P V = nRT , where n and R are constants.
(a) Show that the volume expansivity is equal to 1/T .
(b) Show that the isothermal compressibility is equal to 1/P .
7. What is the temperature on the Fahrenheit scale of the normal boiling point of H2 O, if this temperature is 99.974 C ?
8. Calculate the work done upon expansion of 1 mole of gas quasi-statically and isothermally from volume vi to a volume
vf , when the equation of state is
a
p + 2 (v b) = RT
v
where a and b are the van der Waals constants.
9. (a) Show that for an elastic hard sphere gas, obeying the equation of state P (V b) = nRT , undergoing a transition
from state 1 to 2 at constant temperature
q = w = nRT ln
(V2 b)
(V1 b)
R
12a(1b/V )2 /V RT
2. Cv = c, Cp = c +
3. T2 =
C1
C2 (Tf
R
1
2a(V b)2
RT V 3
T1 ) + Tf