Real Gases and Kinetic Theory

Covers real gas behavior, Van der Waals equation, deviations from ideal gas laws, compressibility factor, and kinetic theory of gases for class-XI physics/chemistry

32 Questions Published

Questions

Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

At what temperature volume of an ideal gas at $0^oC$  becomes triple by keeping pressure constant

  1. $546^oC$
  2. $182^oC$
  3. $819^oC$
  4. $646^oC$
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

A container with insulating wall is divided into two equal parts by a partition fitted with a vaive.One part is filled with an ideal gas at pressure P and temperature T, whereas the other part is one part is  completely evacuated. If the valve is suddenly opened, the pressure and temperature of gas will be: 

  1. $P , \cfrac { T } { 2 }$
  2. $\cfrac { P } { 2 } , T$
  3. $\cfrac { P } { 2 } , \cfrac { T } { 2 }$
  4. $P , T$
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The number of air molecules in a $(5m\times5m\times4m)$ room at standard temperature and pressure is of the order of

  1. $6\times10^{23}$
  2. $3\times10^{24}$
  3. $3\times10^{27}$
  4. $6\times10^{30}$
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The relation PV=RT can describe the behavior of a real gas at :

  1. high temperature and high pressure
  2. high temperature and low pressure
  3. low temperature and low pressure
  4. low temperature and high pressure
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

A real gas behaves as an ideal gas :

  1. at very low pressure and high temperature
  2. high pressure and low temperature
  3. high temperature and high pressure
  4. low pressure and low temperature
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The equation of state of a real gas can be expressed as $(P + \dfrac{a}{V _2}) (V - b) = cT$, where P is the pressure, V the volume, T the absolute temperature and a, b, c are constants. What are the dimensions of 'a'-

  1. $M^0 L^3 T^{-2}$
  2. $ M L^{-2} T^5$
  3. $M L^5 T{-2}$
  4. $M^0 L^3 T^0$
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Diatomic gas at pressure `P' and volume `V' is compressed adiabatically to 1/32 times the original volume. Then
the final pressure is

  1. P/32
  2. 32 P
  3. 128 P
  4. P/128
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The pressure cooker contains air at 1 atm and $ 3{0  }^{ 0 }C $ . If the safety value of the cooler blows when the inside pressure $ \ge 3 atm $ atm, the the maximum temperature of the air, inside the cooker can be 

  1. $ 9{0 }^{ 0 }C $
  2. $ 63{6 }^{ 0 }C $
  3. $90{9 }^{ 0 }C $
  4. $ 36{3 }^{ 0 }C $
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The ratio of number of collisions per second at the walls of containers by $He$ and $O _2$ gas molecules kept at same volume and temperature, is (assume normal incidence on walls) ?

  1. $2\sqrt{2} :1$
  2. $1:2$
  3. $2:1$
  4. $1:2\sqrt{2} $
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

For a real gas, deviations from ideal gas behavior are maximum at 

  1. $-10^o C$ and $5.0 ,atm$
  2. $-10^o C$ and $2.0 ,atm$
  3. $0^o C$ and $1.0 ,atm$
  4. $100^o C$ and $2.0 ,atm$
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

As per Langmuir model of adsorption of a gas on a solid surface.

  1. The mass of gas striking a surface area is independent of the pressure of the gas
  2. The adsorption can be multilayer.
  3. The rate of desorption does not depend on the pressure.
  4. The rate of desorption does not depend on the surface are adsorbed.
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Under which of the following conditions is the law $pV=RT$ obeyed most closely by a real gas?

  1. High pressure and high temperature.
  2. Low pressure and low temperature.
  3. High pressure and low temperature.
  4. Low pressure and high temperature.
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

1 mole of $SO _2$ occupies a volume of $350 ml$ at $300K$ and $50 atm $ pressure. Calculate the compressibility factor of the gas.

  1. $0.888$
  2. $0.711$
  3. $0.520$
  4. $0.987$
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

A real gas behaves like an ideal gas if its.

  1. Both pressure and temperature are high
  2. Both pressure and temperature are low
  3. Pressure is high and temperature is low
  4. Pressure is low and temperature is high
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The behaviour of the gases, which can be easily liquified, is like that of the

  1. triatomic gases
  2. ideal gases
  3. van der Waals gases
  4. all of the above
Question 16 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The rms speed of the molecules of enclosed gas is V. What will be the ems speed if pressure is doubled, keeping the temperature same ?

  1. 3 V
  2. 4 V
  3. V
  4. 2 V
Question 17 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If 2g of helium is enclosed in a vessel at NTP, how much heat should be added to it to double the pressure ? (Specific heat of helium = 3 J/gm K)

  1. 1638 J
  2. 1019 J
  3. 1568 J
  4. 836 J
Question 18 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The diameter of oxygen molecules is $2.94 \times 10^{-10}m $. The Van der Waals gas constant in m$^3$/mol will be

  1. $3.2$
  2. $32$
  3. $32\times 10^{-6}$
  4. $32 \times 10^{-3}$
Question 19 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Read the given statements and choose which is/are on the basis of kinetic theory of gases.

  1. Energy of one molecule at absolute temperature is zero.
  2. $rms$ speeds of different gases are same at same temperature
  3. For one gram of all ideal gases, kinetic energy is same at same temperature.
  4. For one mole of all ideal gases, mean kinetic energy is same at same temperature.
Question 20 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Work done by a system under isothermal change from a volume $V _1$ to $V _2$ for a gas, which obeys vander Waals equation $(V - \beta n) \displaystyle \left ( P + \dfrac{an^2}{V} \right ) = n RT$ is

  1. $\displaystyle n RT log _e \left ( \dfrac{V _2 - n \beta}{V _1 - n \beta} \right ) + an^2 \left ( \dfrac{V _1 - V _2}{V _1 V _2} \right )$
  2. $\displaystyle n RT log _{10} \left ( \dfrac{V _2 - \alpha \beta}{V _1 - \alpha \beta} \right ) + \alpha n^2 \left ( \dfrac{V _1 - V _2}{V _1 V _2} \right )$
  3. $\displaystyle n RT log _e \left ( \dfrac{V _2 - n \alpha}{V _1 - n \alpha} \right ) + \beta n^2 \left ( \dfrac{V _1 - V _2}{V _1 V _2} \right )$
  4. $\displaystyle n RT log _e \left ( \dfrac{V _2 - n \beta}{V _1 - n \beta} \right ) + \alpha^2 \left ( \dfrac{V _1 V _2}{V _1- V _2} \right )$
Question 21 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

An ideal gas is at a temperature  $T$  having molecules each of mass  $m .$  If  $k$  is the Boltzmann's constant and  $2 \mathrm { kT } / \mathrm { m } = 1.40 \times 10 ^ { 5 } \mathrm { m } ^ { 2 } / \mathrm { s } ^ { 2 } .$  Find the percentage of the fraction of molecules whose speed lie in the range  $324\mathrm { m } / \mathrm { s }$  to  $326\mathrm { m } / \mathrm { s } .$

  1. $0.52 %$
  2. $0.43 %$
  3. $0.21 %$
  4. $0.14 %$
Question 22 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In Vander Waal's equation the critical $P _{c}$ is given by

  1. 3b
  2. $\displaystyle\ \frac{a}{27b^{2}}$
  3. $\displaystyle\ \frac{27a}{b^{2}}$
  4. $\displaystyle\ \frac{b^{2}}{a}$
Question 23 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The temperature of an ideal gas at atmospheric pressure is 300K and volume $lm^3$.If temperature and volume become double, then pressure will be

  1. $10^5 N/m^2$
  2. $2\times 10^5 N/m^2$
  3. $0.5\times 10^5 N/m^2$
  4. $4\times 10^5 N/m^2$
Question 24 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Assertion: Real gases do not obey the ideal gas equation.

Reason: In the ideal gas equation, the volume occupied by the molecules as well as the inter molecular forces are ignored.

  1. Both assertion (A) and reason (R) are correct and R gives the correct explanation
  2. Both assertion (A) and reason (R) are correct but R doesnt give the correct explanation
  3. A is true but R is false
  4. A is false but R is true
Question 25 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

A real gas can be approximated to an ideal gas at

  1. Low density
  2. High pressure
  3. High density
  4. Low temperature
Question 26 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If N be the Avogardo's number and R be the gas constant , then Boltzmann constant id given by 

  1. RN
  2. R/N
  3. N/R
  4. I/RN
Question 27 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Real gases approaches ideal gas at high temperature and low pressure because

$A$.   Inter atomic separation is large 

$B$.   Size of the molecule is negligible when compared to inter atomic separation 

  1. a & b are true
  2. only a is true
  3. only b is true
  4. a & b are false
Question 28 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

A sample of an ideal gas occupies a volume V at a pressure P and absolute temperature T, the mass of each molecule is m. The expression for the density of gas is (k= Boltzmann's constant)

  1. $mkT$
  2. $P/kT$
  3. $P/kTV$
  4. $Pm/kT$
Question 29 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The equation of state of n moles of a non-ideal gas can be approximated by the equation 
$ (P + \dfrac{an^2}{V^2})(V -nb) = nRT $ 
where a and b are constants characteristics of the gas. Which of the following can represent the equation of a quasistatic adiabat for this gas (Assume that $C _V$ , the molar heat capacity at constant volume, is independent of temperature) ?

  1. $T(V-nb)^{R/C _v}=$ constant
  2. $T(V-nb)^{C _v/R}=$ constant
  3. $ \begin {pmatrix} T + \frac {ab}{V^2R} \end{pmatrix} (V-nb)^{R/C _v} = $ constant
  4. $ \begin {pmatrix} T + \frac {n^2 ab}{V^2R} \end{pmatrix} (V-nb)^{C _v/R} = $ constant
Question 30 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The size of container B is double that of A and gas in B is at double the temperature and pressure than that in A. The ratio of molecules in the two containers will then be -

  1. $\frac{N _B}{N _A} = \frac{1}{1}$
  2. $\frac{N _B}{N _A} = \frac{2}{1}$
  3. $\frac{N _B}{N _A} = \frac{4}{1}$
  4. $\frac{N _B}{N _A} = \frac{1}{2}$
Question 31 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

For gaseous decomposition of ${PCI} _{5}$ in a closed vessel the degree of dissociation '$\alpha $', equilibrium pressure 'P' & ${'K} _{p}'$ are related as

  1. $\ \alpha =\sqrt { \frac { { K } _{ p } }{ P } } $
  2. $\ \alpha =\frac { 1 }{ \sqrt { { K } _{ p }+P } } $
  3. $\ \alpha =\sqrt { \frac { { K } _{ p }+P }{ { K } _{ p } } } $
  4. $\alpha =\sqrt { { K } _{ p }+P } $
Question 32 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If pressure of ${CO} _{2}$ (real gas) in a container is given by $P=\cfrac { RT }{ 2V-b } -\cfrac { a }{ 4{ b }^{ 2 } } $, then mass of the gas in container is:

  1. $11g$
  2. $22g$
  3. $33g$
  4. $44g$