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Chemical Engineering · Q286

Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics

Engineering and GATE · Chemical Engineering · question 286

Q286

Pick out the wrong statement.

A.
Surface tension of a substance vanishes at critical point, as there is no distinction between liquid and vapour phases at its critical point
B.
Entropy of a system decreases with the evolution of heat
C.
Change of internal energy is negative for exothermic reactions
D.
The accentric factor for all materials is always more than one
Answer

Answer: Option D

Solution

Answer: Option D
Solution:
The acentric factor can’t always be greater than 1. For many monoatomic fluids the acentric factor is close to zero.