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Entropy

1.[2p]

What does δQrev/T=0 for every reversible cycle establish?

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The answer is: That $\delta Q_{rev}/T$ is the differential of a state function
The answer is: That $\delta Q_{rev}/T$ is the differential of a state function
The answer is: That $\delta Q_{rev}/T$ is the differential of a state function

2.[3p]

A gas expands irreversibly into a vacuum. How is its entropy change found?

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The answer is: Integrate $\delta Q_{rev}/T$ along any invented reversible path between the same two states
The answer is: Integrate $\delta Q_{rev}/T$ along any invented reversible path between the same two states
The answer is: Integrate $\delta Q_{rev}/T$ along any invented reversible path between the same two states

3.[2p]

Two kilograms of ice melt at 0 °C. The latent heat of fusion is 334 kJ/kg. What is the entropy change of the ice, in J/K?

CorrectNot quite: 2445.5

4.[2p]

One mole of an ideal gas expands isothermally and reversibly to twice its volume. What is its entropy change, in J/K? Take R=8.314 J/(mol K).

CorrectNot quite: 5.76

5.[1p]

The entropy of a system can only ever increase.

The answer is: False
Correct

6.[2p]

In the balance ΔS=δQ/T+Sgen, what is Sgen?

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The answer is: Entropy manufactured inside the system by irreversibility, never negative
The answer is: Entropy manufactured inside the system by irreversibility, never negative
The answer is: Entropy manufactured inside the system by irreversibility, never negative

7.[3p]

Which of these are true of the relation dU=TdS-pdV?

Select all that apply

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The answer is: It holds for irreversible processes as well as reversible ones, Every quantity appearing in it is a property of the state
The answer is: It holds for irreversible processes as well as reversible ones, Every quantity appearing in it is a property of the state

8.[2p]

Put the steps of the argument in the order the lesson develops them.

  1. Kelvin-Planck applied to an arbitrary cycle gives δQ/T0

  2. A reversible two-reservoir cycle gives QH/TH+QC/TC=0

  3. A mesh of small Carnot cycles extends this to δQrev/T=0

  4. A vanishing integral round every closed path means a state function exists

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a, b, c, d

9.[2p]

Match each term to what it means.

  • Isentropic

  • Isentropic efficiency

  • Clausius inequality

  • Entropy transfer

  • the part of ΔS carried by heat

  • adiabatic and reversible, so ΔS=0

  • actual work over ideal work for a turbine

  • δQ/T0 for any cycle

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Isentropic: adiabatic and reversible, so ΔS=0 Isentropic efficiency: actual work over ideal work for a turbine Clausius inequality: δQ/T0 for any cycle Entropy transfer: the part of ΔS carried by heat