Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics

141. For a constant volume process

  1. dE = CpdT
  2. dE = CvdT
  3. dQ = dE + pdV
  4. dW = pdV

Correct answer: (B)
dE = CvdT

142. For a constant volume process _________ by the system is used only to increase the internal energy.

  1. Heat absorbed
  2. Work done
  3. Both (A) & (B)
  4. Neither (A) nor (B)

Correct answer: (A)
Heat absorbed

143. For a cyclic process, a fixed ratio between heat and work

  1. Always exists
  2. May exist
  3. Never exists
  4. Is difficult to predict

Correct answer: (A)
Always exists

144. For a given substance at a specified temperature, activity is _________ to fugacity.

  1. Directly proportional
  2. Inversely proportional
  3. Equal
  4. None of these

Correct answer: (A)
Directly proportional

145. For a multi-component system, the term chemical potential is equivalent to the

  1. Molal concentration difference
  2. Molar free energy
  3. Partial molar free energy
  4. Molar free energy change

Correct answer: (C)
Partial molar free energy

146. For a real gas, the chemical potential is given by

  1. RT d ln P
  2. RT d ln f
  3. R d ln f
  4. None of these

Correct answer: (B)
RT d ln f

147. For a reversible process involving only pressure-volume work

  1. (dF)T, p < 0
  2. (dF)T, p > 0
  3. (dF)T, p = 0
  4. (dA)T, v < 0

Correct answer: (C)
(dF)T, p = 0

148. For a single component two phase mixture, the number of independent variable properties are

  1. Two
  2. One
  3. Zero
  4. Three

Correct answer: (B)
One

149. For a spontaneous process, free energy

  1. Is zero
  2. Increases
  3. Decreases whereas the entropy increases
  4. And entropy both decrease

Correct answer: (C)
Decreases whereas the entropy increases

150. For a stable phase at constant pressure and temperature, the fugacity of each component in a binary system _________ as its mole fraction increases.

  1. Decreases
  2. Increases
  3. Remain same
  4. Decreases linearly

Correct answer: (B)
Increases

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