JEE Advanced 2016 Paper 2 Physics Q3

Physics · Thermodynamics

Problem

A gas is enclosed in a cylinder with a movable frictionless piston. Its initial thermodynamic state at pressure Pi=105 PaP_i=10^5\,\mathrm{Pa} and volume Vi=10−3 m3V_i=10^{-3}\,\mathrm{m^3} changes to a final state at Pf=(1/32)×105 PaP_f=(1/32)\times10^5\,\mathrm{Pa} and Vf=8×10−3 m3V_f=8\times10^{-3}\,\mathrm{m^3} in an adiabatic quasi-static process, such that P3V5=P^3V^5= constant. Consider another thermodynamic process that brings the system from the same initial state to the same final state in two steps: an isobaric expansion at PiP_i followed by an isochoric (isovolumetric) process at volume VfV_f. The amount of heat supplied to the system in the two-step process is approximately

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