An ideal gas is taken through a Carnot cycle. The isothermal expansion occurs at 300°C, and the isothermal compression takes place at 50.0°C. The gas takes in 1.22 × 10³ J of energy from the hotreservoir during the isothermal expansion.(a) Find the energy expelled to the cold reservoir in each cycle.J(b) Find the net work done by the gas in each cycle.J

Source temperature(T1) =300 degree celcius=300+273=573 kelvin Sink temperature (T2 ) =50 degree…

An ideal gas is taken through a Carnot cycle. The isothermal expansion occurs at 300°C, and the isothermal compression takes place at 50.0°C. The gas takes in 1.22 x 10³ J of energy from the hot reservoir during the isothermal expansion. (a) Find the energy expelled to the cold reservoir in each cycle. J (b) Find the net work done by the gas in each cycle. J

An ideal gas is taken through a Carnot cycle. The isothermal expansion occurs at 300°C, and the isothermal compression takes place at 50.0°C. The gas takes in 1.22 x 10³ J of energy from the hot reservoir during the isothermal expansion. (a) Find the energy expelled to the cold reservoir in each cycle. J (b) Find the net work done by the gas in each cycle. J

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