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A gas is compressed adiabatically, which one of the following statement is NOT true?

PhysicsThermodynamicsJEE MainJEE Main 2023 (10 Apr Shift 2)
Options:
  • A There is no heat supplied to the system
  • B There is no change in the internal energy
  • C

    The temperature of the gas increases

  • D The change in the internal energy is equal to the work done on the gas
Solution:
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The correct answer is: There is no change in the internal energy

In adiabatic process,

Q=0 and U0

Using the first law of thermodynamics, Q=U+W

U=-W W is the work done by the gas, so -W will be the work done on the gas

As the gas is compressed

W <0

Therefore, U >0 and hence T >0.

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