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An adiabatic cylinder of length 2 L 2L and the cross-sectional area A A is closed at both the ends. A freely moving non-conducting piston divides the cylinder into two parts. The piston is connected with right end by a spring having a force constant K K and a natural length L L . The left part of the cylinder contains 1 mole of helium, and right part contains 0.5 mole each of helium and oxygen.

If initial pressure of gas in each part is P P , calculate the heat supplied by the heating coil connected to the left part to compress the spring through half of its natural length.

If your answer is H Report your answer as H+0.5

Details and Assumptions:

  • All the data is in SI units.

  • K L 2 = 4 KL^2 = 4 .

  • P A L = 13 2 + 7 PAL = 13\sqrt2 + 7 .

  • Neglect atmospheric pressure and assume ideal behavior.


The answer is 150.

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1 solution

Sumanth R Hegde
Dec 26, 2016

First find the heat capacity ratio/adiabatic factor for the mixture of H e He and O 2 O_{2} . This comes out to be 1.5

Now, since the piston is non conducting , the mixture in the right part undergoes an adiabatic compression .Since its volumes gets halved, the pressure exerted by the mixture can be found using P V 1.5 = c o n s t a n t PV^{1.5} = constant . The pressure comes out to be 2 2 P 0 2\sqrt2P_{0} , where P 0 P_{0} is initial pressure. Now, the pressure exerted by the gas in the left part can also be found. Note that even the spring exerts a force since its compressed. The pressure of the gas in left part comes out to be 2 2 P 0 + K L 2 A 2\sqrt2 P_{0} +~~ \frac{KL}{2A} .

Now using the equation P V T = c o n s t a n t \frac{PV}{T} = constant the temperature of the the gas in the left part can be found and thus change in its internal energy can be found. Now, find the work done by the gas in left part. To find this , first find the work done o n on the gas in the right compartment

Work done by helium in left part = Work done on the mixture in right part + increase in potential energy stored in the spring

Using First law of Thermodynamics ,

Heat supplied to the gas = Change in internal energy + Work done by the gas .

Substituting, we get H e a t s u p p l i e d = ( 13 2 7 ) P 0 A L 2 + 10 K L 2 8 \color{#3D99F6}{\boxed {Heat ~ supplied = ~ \frac{(13\sqrt2 -7)P_{0}AL}{2} +~ \frac{10KL^{2}}{8}}} .

This comes out to be 149.5 149.5 . Thus, answer is 150 150

Nicely done i rather used conservation of energy for the whole system in the end

Prakhar Bindal - 4 years, 5 months ago

I too did the same

Spandan Senapati - 4 years, 3 months ago

Nicely presented!

Did the same!

Harsh Shrivastava - 4 years, 3 months ago

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