Choose the correct option for free expansion of an ideal gas under adiabatic condition from the following :
- (A)
- (B)
- (C)
- (D)✓ Correct
Answer: (D)
Solution
Free expansion of an ideal gas is expansion into a vacuum: the gas does no work against any external pressure, so . Under adiabatic conditions, no heat is exchanged, so . Since and , by the first law , and since internal energy of an ideal gas depends only on temperature, .
JEE Main · 2024 · 01 Feb 2024 · Shift 1 · Single correct option