Q.

For a sample of perfect gas when its pressure is changed isothermally from pi to pf, the entropy change is given by         [2016]

1 ΔS=nRln(pfpi)  
2 ΔS=nRln(pipf)  
3 ΔS=nRTln(pfpi)  
4 ΔS=RTln(pipf)  

Ans.

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For an ideal gas undergoing reversible expansion, when temperature changes from Ti to Tf and pressure changes from pi to pf,

ΔS=nCplnTfTi+nRlnpipf

For an isothermal process, Ti=Tf so, ln 1=0

  ΔS=nRlnpipf