A monoatomic gas initially at 17^(@)C is suddenly compressed to one eigth of its original volume. The temperature after compression is

A monoatomic gas initially at 17^(@)C is suddenly compressed to one ei

1.	A monoatomic gas initially at 17^(@)C is suddenly compressed to one eigth of its original volume. The temperature after compression is
Answer» 887 K 36.25 K 2320 K 1160 K Solution :Sudden COMPRESSION is ADIABATIC for which `T_(1)V_(1)^(GAMMA - 1) = T_(2)V_(2)^(gamma - 1)` `:. T_(2) = T_(1)((V_(1))/(V_(2)))^(gamma - 1) = 290 x 8^(2//3) = 290 xx 4 = 1160 K`