10. A heat engine takes 0.350 mol of an ideal diatomic gas around the cycle shown in 1.00 atm the pV diagram of. Process 1→2 is at constant volume, process 2-3 is adiabatic, and process 3→1 is at a constant pressure of 1.00 atm. The value of y for this gas is 1.40. The magnitude of the change in internal energy for each process is |AU1-21=2150J, AU23|=780J, and | AU3_1|=1400J. T₂- 600 K a. Find the pressure and volume at points 1, 2, and 3. b. Find the net work done by the gas in the cycle. c. Find the net heat flow into the engine in one cycle. d. What is the thermal efficiency of the engine? How does this efficiency compare with that of a Carnot-cycle engine T₁-300 K T₂-492 K operating between the same minimum and maximum -V temperatures Ti and T₂?

10. A heat engine takes 0.350 mol of an ideal diatomic gas around the cycle shown in 1.00 atm the pV diagram of. Process 1→2 is at constant volume, process 2-3 is adiabatic, and process 3→1 is at a constant pressure of 1.00 atm. The value of y for this gas is 1.40. The magnitude of the change in internal energy for each process is |AU1-21=2150J, AU23|=780J, and | AU3_1|=1400J. T₂- 600 K a. Find the pressure and volume at points 1, 2, and 3. b. Find the net work done by the gas in the cycle. c. Find the net heat flow into the engine in one cycle. d. What is the thermal efficiency of the engine? How does this efficiency compare with that of a Carnot-cycle engine T₁-300 K T₂-492 K operating between the same minimum and maximum -V temperatures Ti and T₂?

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Chapter18: Heat Engines, Entropy, And The Second Law Of Thermodynamics

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Problem 63P: A 1.00-mol sample of an ideal monatomic gas is taken through the cycle shown in Figure P18.63. The...

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