What is meant by cyclic process?

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Q: what is meant by optimal temperature ?

A: Optimum temperature: The temperature at which an enzyme shows its highest activity is called optimum…

Q: What is meant by heat of fusion? How does it differ from the heat of solidification?

A: Both Hfusion & HSolidification are a type of energy required/ejected by a certain amount of…

Q: What is n an adiabatic process?

A: Adiabatic process refers to the thermodynamic process in which there no transmission of heat or work…

Q: Which has more kinetic energy- a molecule in a gram of ice water or a molecule in a gram of…

A: A molecule in a gram of steam will tend to have more kinetic energy than the molecule in a gram of…

Q: Does a liquid release energy or absorb energy when it changes into a gas?

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Q: Which has the greater amount of internal energy- an iceberg or a cup of hot coffee? Defend your…

A: The internal energy is the sum of all energy within the substance.

Q: Consider a bar 1 m long that expands 0.6 cm when heated. Show that when similarly heated, a 100-m…

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Q: If cooling occurred at the bottom of a pond instead of at the surface, would the pond freeze from…

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Q: A certain quantity of heat is supplied to both a kilogram of water and to a kilogram of iron. Which…

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Q: What is the length of the hypotenuse? a=12 b=9 and c=?

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Q: Why is specific heat capacity important?

A: The relationship between the change in a substance’s thermal energy and the change in its…

Q: What heats faster, land or water?

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Q: Cite three examples in which Thermos bottle inhibits heat transfer?

A: The Thermos bottles use thermal isolation to prevent the transfer of the thermal energy or heat.

Q: What is a thermocouple?

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Q: In the last chapter, free convection was explained as the result of buoyant forces on hot fluids.…

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Q: Defend the statement that 100% of the electrical energy that goes into lighting a lamp is converted…

A: The statement that 100% of the electrical energy that goes into lighting a lamp is converted to…

Q: Explain why the eruptions of many geysers repeat with notable regularity.

A: Geysers: Geysers are like a vent on the earth's surface. They eject water column and hot water…

Q: What is a heat pump?

A: Heat pump is a device that is used for transfer of heat in and out of the system. When it's cold…

Q: What are the application of heat and work in thermodymics in daily life?

A: We have to mention the application of heat and work in thermodynamics in daily life.

Q: Any architect will tell you that chimneys are never used as a weight-bearing part of a wall. Why?

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Q: Is temperature a state function?

A: Is temperature a state function?

Q: What happens to the volume of air as it rises? What happens to its temperature?

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Q: Suppose the hot cocoa loses 100J of energy by heating. How much energy does the air gain?

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Q: What is advantage of linear thermopile?

A: The thermopile is an electronic device that is the combination or array of the several…

Q: What is thermodynamic identity ?

A: To determine: What is meant by thermodynamic identity?

Q: Discuss the function of a photovoltaic cell. What does it produce from what?

A: The fundamental thought behind photovoltaic (or 'sun powered') cells is quite straightforward. To…

Q: Would you expect the temperature of air to drop as it undergoes a steady-flow throttling process?…

A: In throttling process enthalpy of the working fluid remains constant . h1 =h2 for ideal gas enthalpy…

Q: What is meant by thermodynamics?

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Q: Why is the condensation part of the cycle in a steam turbine so essential?

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Q: he work the gas did to the environment?

A: In the case of expansion ,work is done by the gas, so work is negative w.r.t to gas  and it is…

Q: Explain the adiabatic compression ?

A: The thermodynamic process in which there is no exchange of heat from the system to its surrounding…

Q: proposed ocean thermai-energy conversion (OTEC) system is maximum possible efficiency of the system?…

A: Temperature of hot water "Th"= 16°C  temperature of cold water "Tc=4°C

Q: Cars and aeroplanes are streamlined. Why?

A: Cars and aero planes are streamlined because

Q: What actually is thermal pollution?

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Q: Heat always flows

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Q: What is quality? Does it have any meaning in the superheated vapor region?

A: The ratio of the mass of the vapor to the total mass of the mixture is known as quality. It is also…

Q: Explain why the eruption of many geysers repeat with notable regularity?

A: Geyser is a spring involving intermittent, turbulent discharge of water that is accompanied by…