Q.

An ideal gas is initially at temperature T and volume V. Its volume is increased by ΔV due to an increase in temperature ΔT, pressure remaining constant. The quantity δ=ΔVVΔT varies with temperature as                                [2000]

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Ans.

(3)

For a given mass of gas at constant pressure,

           VT=Constant              V+ΔVT+ΔT=VT

or     VT+VΔT=VT+TΔV      or        VΔT=TΔV

or      1T=ΔVVΔT      or     1T=δ       or       δT=1

The equation represents a rectangular hyperbola of the form xy=c2 depicted by graph (3).