NTA Abhyas JEE Main2020PhysicsThermodynamicsPractice
An ideal gas expands isothermally from a volume V 1 to V 2 and then compressed to original volume V 1 adiabatically. The initial pressure is P 1 and final pressure is P 3 . The total work done is W . Then:
Options
- AP 3 > P 1 ,   W > 0
- BP 3 < P 1 ,   W < 0
- CP 3 > P 1 ,   W < 0
- DP 3 = P 1 ,   W = 0
Correct answer
C. P 3 > P 1 ,   W < 0
Step-by-step solution
From the graph it is clear that P 3 > P 1 . Since the area under adiabatic process B C E D is greater than that of the isothermal process A B C D . Therefore net word done W = W i + - W A ∵   W A > W i ⇒ W < 0