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UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA PERLIS

School of Bioprocess Engineering

ERT 108: Physical Chemistry

Quiz 2

1. Discuss briefly what is perfect gas, hence explain the characteristic of internal energy
and enthalpy for a perfect gas.

Perfect gas is the gas that obeys both of the following:

PV = nRT

 ∂U  = 0
 ∂V T

Internal energy and enthalpy only depend on temperature.

U = U (T )

H = H (T )
[5 Marks]

2. A sample consisting of 1.5 mol of perfect gas molecules with CP,m = 20.8 JK-1mol-1 is
initially at 230 kPa and 315 K. It undergoes reversible adiabatic expansion until its
pressure reaches 170 kPa. Calculate the final volume and temperature.
R = 8.314 JK-1mol-1 = 8.314 Pa m3 K-1 mol-1

P1V1γ = P2V2γ

γ = C P ,m CV ,m

γ = C P ,m (C P , m − R )

γ = 20.8 (20.8 − 8.314) = 1.67

V1 = =
(
nRT1 1.5mol 8.314 Pa ⋅ m 3 ⋅ K −1 ⋅ mol −1 (315K ) )
= 0.0171m 3
P1 230 × 10 Pa
3

T2 =
P2V2
=
( )(
170 × 10 3 Pa 0.0205m 3 )
= 279 K
nR (
1.5mol 8.314 Pa ⋅ m 3 ⋅ K −1 ⋅ mol −1 )
1
 PV γ
1 / 1.67
γ
 = 0.0171
230  [20 Marks]
V2 =  1 1  = 0.0205m 3
 P2   170 