Energy

A thermodynamic process is said to be reversible process when (i) the various stages of an operation to which it is subjected can be reversed…

In Greek, adiabatic means “nothing passes through”. The process in which pressure, volume and temperature of a system change in such a manner that during…

Consider one mole of an ideal gas enclosed in a cylinder with perfectly conducting walls and fitted with a perfectly frictionless and conducting piston. Let…

When a gas undergoes expansion or compression at the constant temperature, the process is called isothermal process. Let consider a gas in a cylinder provided…

A curve showing variation of volume of a substance taken along the X-axis and the variation of pressure taken along Y-axis is called an indicator…

Let consider a gas inside a cylinder fitted with a movable friction-less piston. The walls of the cylinder are made up of non-conducting material and…

Internal energy (U) of a system is the energy possessed by the system due to molecular motion and molecular configuration. The internal kinetic energy UK…

The molar specific heat capacity of a gas is defined as the quantity of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 mole of the…

The molar specific heat capacity of a gas at constant volume The molar specific heat capacity of a gas at constant volume CV is defined…

Specific heat capacity of a substance is defined as the quantity of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 kg of the substance through…