Q.

There are two vessels filled with an ideal gas where volume of one is double the volume of other. The large vessel contains the gas at 8 kPa at 1000 K while the smaller vessel contains the gas at 7 kPa at 500 K. If the vessels are connected to each other by a thin tube allowing the gas to flow and the temperature of both vessels is maintained at 600 K, at steady state the pressure in the vessels will be (in kPa).          [2025]

1 4.4  
2 6  
3 24  
4 18  

Ans.

(2)

Number of masses will remain constant

n1+n2=nf

P1V1RT1+P2V2RT2=PfVfRTf

8×2VR×1000+7×VR×500=Pf(3V)R×600

161000+141000=Pf200

301000=Pf200  Pf=6 kPa