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Homework Statement
A gas bottle contains exactly 158 moles of carbon dioxide CO2. Find the change in the internal energy of this much CO2 when it is cooled from 36C down to exactly 25C at a constant pressure of 1 atm. The gas can be treated as an ideal gas with γ=1.289. The gas constant reads R=8.314 J/(mol⋅K).
Homework Equations
PV=nRT,
W=∫PdV,
ΔU=Q-W,
The Attempt at a Solution
The gas is at constant pressure throughout, so this is an isobaric process. Meaning that volume and temperature change, which also means that there is work being done and there is heat flow.
I can easily get the work done;
PV0=nRT0 ⇒V0=(nRT0)/P
PV1=nRT1 ⇒V1=(nRT1)/P
So the work done,
W=∫PdV=P(V1-V0)
⇒ P((nRT1)/P-(nRT0)/P)
⇒ nR(T1-T1)
Substituting the required values gives,
W=(158 mol)×(8.314 J/(mol⋅K))*(25C-36C)=-14449.732 J
W=-14400 J to 3sf.
But I don't know where I am supposed to use γ to find the heat transferred, the only equations I can think of are;
dQ=nCPdT,
γ=CP/CV
CP=CV+R