Department of Mechanical Engineering

Alva’s Institute of Engineering & Technology

Shobhavana Campus, Mijar, Moodbidri, D.K – 574225
Phone: 08258-262725, Fax: 08258-262726

Important Questions for First IA.

1 What do you mean by thermodynamic equilibrium? How does it differ from thermal equilibrium?
2 Show that Work and Heat are path functions and not properties of the system
3 A platinum wire is used as a resistance thermometer. The wire resistance was found to be 10 ohm
and 16 ohm at ice point & steam point respectively and 30 ohm at Sulphur boiling point of
444.600C. Find the resistance of the wire at 750 0C. If the resistance varies with temperature by the
relation R = R0 (1+αt+βt2).
4 Define the following with examples
(i) Open system, (ii) Closed system, (iii) Isolated system
5 Name a few measurements or quantities that can be conveniently used as thermometric properties
in order to quantify the temperature.
6 With neat diagram, explain the working of constant volume gas thermometer for measurement of
temperature.
7 Distinguish between following,
i) Open system and Closed system
ii) Macroscopic and Microscopic approaches
iii) Point function and path function
iv) Intensive and extensive properties
v) Diathermic and adiabatic walls
8 What are ‘International Fixed Points’? What is their importance?
9 Define Work and Heat. Write similarities and dissimilarities between them.
(t-B)/A
10 The temperature ‘t’ on a Celsius scale is defined in terms of property ‘p’ by the relation p = e ,
where A and B are constants. Experiments give value of ‘p’ of 1.86 and 6.81 at the ice point and
steam point respectively. Obtain relation for ‘t’ and also find the temperature ‘t’ for the reading of
P = 3.0.
11 Does heat transfer inevitably causes a temperature rise? What is the other cause for rise in
temperature?
12 State the Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics and briefly explain its significance.
13 A spherical balloon has a diameter of 25 cm and contains air at a pressure of 1.5 x 10 5Pa. The
diameter of the balloon increases to 30 cm in a certain process and during this process the pressure
is proportional to the diameter. Calculate the work done by the air inside the balloon during this
process.
14 A Thermocouple with test junction & T0C as a gas thermometer scale & reference junction at ice
point given emf as e = 0.20 t – 5x10-4 t2 mV. The millivoltmeter is calibrated at ice and steam point.
What will be the reading on this thermometer, where the gas thermometer reads 700C.
15 Two Celsius thermometers A & B with temperature readings TA & TB agree at ice point & steam
point, but elsewhere they are related by T A = p + qTB + r TB2, where p, q, & r are constants. When
the thermometers are immersed in an oil bath, A shows a temperature of 51 0C, while B shows
500C. Determine the temperature TA, when TB is 250C.
16 With a neat P-V diagram, derive the work equation for the following conditions when
PVn=Constant
(i) n=0, (ii) n=1, (iii) n=∞, (iv) n=γ
17 A cylinder contains 1 kg of a certain fluid at an initial pressure of 20 bar. The fluid is allowed to
expand reversibly behind a piston according to law PV 2 = constant until the volume is doubled.
The fluid is then cooled reversibly at constant pressure until the piston regains its original position;
heat is then supplied reversibly with the piston firmly locked in position the pressure rises to the
original value of 20 bar. Calculate the net work done by the fluid, for an initial volume of 0.05m3.
18 A mass of gas is compressed in a quasistatic process from 80 Kpa; 0.1 m 3 to 0.4 Mpa; 0.03 m3.
Assuming that the pressure and volume are related by PV n = C, find the work interaction during
the process. Is it a work producing system or work absorbing system?
19 To a closed system 150 kJ of work is done on it. If the initial volume is 0.6m 3 and pressure of
system varies as follows: P = (8-4V), Where ’P’ is pressure in bar and ‘V’ is volume in
m3.Determine the final volume and pressure of the system.
20 An automobile vehicle of 1500 kg is running at a speed of 60 km/hr. The brakes are suddenly
applied and the vehicle is brought to rest. Calculate the rise in temperature of brake shoes, if their
mass is 15 kg. Take the specific heat of brake shoe material as 0.46 kJ/kgK.

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