How Does Heat Affect the Expansion of Monatomic Gas in an Insulated Cylinder?

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The discussion focuses on the effects of heat on the expansion of one mole of monatomic gas in an insulated cylinder. The gas, initially at 300K and 0.025m^3, expands to 0.06m^3 under constant pressure, resulting in a calculated final temperature of 720K. The average kinetic energy (KE) per molecule increases, with the original KE at 1.49*10^-20 and the new KE at 6.21*10^-21, leading to a total increase of 8.69*10^-21. Work done by the gas during expansion is calculated as 3490.2 J, while the heat supplied varies based on different methods of calculating changes in internal energy, leading to two different results for Q. Ultimately, the user resolves a calculation error related to Avogadro's constant, clarifying the heat supplied.
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one mole of monatomic gas (in a perfectly insulated cylinder)
has temp = 27 degees c = 300K
volume = 0.025m^3

(gas held in frictionless piston)
heat suppied causes gas to expand at constant pressure gas expands to volume = 0.06m^3

i) calc final temp..
i used pV/T =pV/T (p cancels because its constant) and i got a value for new tempreture as 720K

ii) increase in av. KE per molecule...
using KE= 3/2kT i found the original KE per molecule as 1.49*10^-20
and new KE per molecule as 6.21*10^-21
and the difference between them (increase in av. KE = 8.69*10^-21)

iii) WD by the gas expanding...
WD = p*(change in)V...i got the p value from P = nRT/V and i got that as 99720 Nm-^2 and then multuply by (0.06 -0.025) to get WD as 3490.2 J

iiii) the heat supplied...
i used Q = (change in)u + (change in)WD
change in internal energy (u) is the sum of the change in KE of the molecules right?
so i multiplied change in av. KE per molecule 8.69*10^-21 by avagadros constant to give me KE for one mole, i get a value of 7284.2J

but then i thought that should be the same as...
calculating the change in av. KE of one mole so i used the formula KE = 3/2RT
to find change in KE for a mole and i get a value of 8974.8 - 3739.5 = 5235.3J

shouldnt they be the same, i don't know which ones wrong

anyway i used U as 7284.2J added (WD) 3490.2 to give me Q = 10774.4J

the other one would be Q = 5235.3 + 3490.2 =8725.5J
which ones right?! did i make any mistakes in the other questions?
 
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don't worry i got it ...silly me 8.69*10^-21 multiplied by avagadros constant is not the value i got.
 
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