JEE Main levelNumerical answerDifficulty 2 of 3td008
One mole of an ideal gas at 310K and 10atm expands isothermally against a constant external pressure of 2atm until its pressure becomes 2atm. Take R=8.314Jmol−1K−1. The magnitude of work done by the gas, to the nearest joule, is
Numerical answer type, answer in J, tolerance 1.
Answer: 2062 J
wby=Pext(V2−V1)=nRT(1−P2/P1)=(8.314)(310)(1−0.2)=2061.87J, i.e. about 2062J.