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10 moles of an ideal gas expand isothermally pressure of 5 atm to and reversibly from a 1 atm at 300 K. What is the largest mass that can be lifted through a height of 1 m by this expansion?

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Given,

N = 10 moles

Pi = 5 atm

Pf = 1 atm

T = 300K

R = 8.134 J K-1 mol-1

H = 1m

\(\because\) Wexp = −2.303 nRT log\(\frac{P_i}{P_f}\)

= −2.303 × 10 × 8.314 × 300 log\(\frac{5}{1}\)

= −40.15 × 103 J

If mass (M) can be lifted by this work through a height of 1m, then

Work done = Mgh

or M = \(\frac{Work\,done}{g\,h}\)

\(\frac{40.15\times10^3\,kgm^2s^{-2}}{9.81\,ms^{-2}\times1m}\) [\(\because\) J = kg m2s-2]

= 4092.76 kg



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