A sample containing of an ideal gas at is compressed isothermally until its pressure…

PHYSICS · Subjective · CBSE · Physics · Thermodynamics · Thermodynamics

Problem

A sample containing

0.50\,\text{mol}

of an ideal gas at

400\,\text{K}

is compressed isothermally until its pressure becomes twice the initial pressure. Using

R = 8.314\,\text{J\,mol}^{-1}\text{K}^{-1}

, calculate the work done on the gas during this compression.