Q.

A gas mixture consists of 8 moles of argon and 6 moles of oxygen at temperature T. Neglecting all vibrational modes, the total internal energy of the system is                     [2024]

1 29RT  
2 20RT  
3 27RT  
4 21RT  

Ans.

(3) 

          U=nCVT 

          U=n1CV1  T+n2CV2 T

           8×3R2×T+6×5R2×T=27RT