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Question: Two monatomic ideal gas at temperature \(T_{1}\) and \(T_{2}\) are mixed. There is no loss of energy...
Two monatomic ideal gas at temperature T1 and T2 are mixed. There is no loss of energy. If the masses of molecules of the two gases are m1 and m2 the number of their molecules are n1 and n2 respectively. The temperature of the mixture will be:
& A.\dfrac{{{T}_{1}}+{{T}_{2}}}{{{n}_{1}}+{{n}_{2}}} \\\ & .B.\dfrac{{{T}_{1}}}{{{n}_{1}}}+\dfrac{{{T}_{2}}}{{{n}_{2}}} \\\ & C.\dfrac{{{n}_{2}}{{T}_{1}}+{{n}_{1}}{{T}_{2}}}{{{n}_{1}}+{{n}_{2}}} \\\ & D.\dfrac{{{n}_{1}}{{T}_{1}}+{{n}_{2}}{{T}_{2}}}{{{n}_{1}}+{{n}_{2}}} \\\ \end{aligned}$$Solution
Ideal gas law or the general gas equation is the combination of Boyles Law, Charles’s law, Avogadro’s law and Gay Lussac’s law. It gives the relationship between the pressure P applied on a V volume of the gas which contains n number of molecules at temperature T .
Formula used:
PV=nRT
Complete step by step answer:
Let us consider an ideal gas. Then we can say that an isothermal process is where the system undergoes very slow changes like expansion or compression of the gas to avoid the loss of heat.
Let us assume the temperature of the two ideas gases to be T1 and T2 with mass m1 and m2 and n1 and n2 number of their molecules respectively. Let Cv1 and Cv2 be the internal energy of the gases at constant volume.
Given that, there is no loss of energy, then from the first law of thermodynamics, we can say that, n1Cv1ΔT1+n2Cv2ΔT2=0
Since the gases are monatomic, we can say that Cv1=Cv2=Cv=23R
Let us also assume that the final temperature is T, then,
23R[n1(T−T1+n2(T−T2)]=0
⟹T=n1+n2n1T1+n2T2
Hence the correct option is D.n1+n2n1T1+n2T2
Additional information:
However, the ideal gas law doesn’t give any information of the nature of reaction, i.e. when the gas is expanding or compressing does it absorb heat or release heat. Also as the name suggests these gases are ideal and such gases don't exist in the real world they are hypothetical in nature.
Note:
From ideal gas law, we know that PV=nRT where P is the pressure applied on the and V is the volume of the gas which contains n number of molecules at temperature T and Ris the gas constant. We can vary the different parameters to understand the behaviours of the gas in various conditions.