Two cylinders A and B of equal capacity are connected to each other via a stop cock. A contains an ideal gas at standard temperature and pressure. B is completely evacuated. The entire system is thermally insulated. The stop cock is suddenly opened. The process is :
- adiabatic
- isochoric
- isobaric
- isothermal
Answer
(1) adiabatic
Solution
The whole system is thermally insulated no heat is exchanged with the surroundings, Q = 0.
As per NCERT, a process in which the system is insulated from the surroundings and no heat flows between them is an adiabatic process.
Here the gas expands suddenly into vacuum (free expansion): W = 0, hence U = 0; its volume doubles (not isochoric) and its pressure falls to half (not isobaric).
The process is adiabatic.
Answer: (1)