Pick out the wrong statement.
A. The chemical potential of a pure substance depends upon the temperature and pressure
B. The chemical potential of a component in a system is directly proportional to the escaping tendency of that component
C. The chemical potential of ith species (μi ) in an ideal gas mixture approaches zero as the pressure or mole fraction (xi ) tends to be zero at constant temperature
D. None of these
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As pressure approaches zero, the ratio of fugacity to pressure ( P f ) for a gas approaches
A. Zero
B. Unity
C. Infinity
D. An indeterminate value
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The theoretical minimum work required to separate one mole of a liquid mixture at 1 atm, containing 50 mole % each of n- heptane and n- octane into pure compounds each at 1 atm is
A. -2 RT ln 0.5
B. -RT ln 0.5
C. 0.5 RT
D. 2 RT
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When liquid and vapour phases of one component system are in equilibrium (at a given temperature and pressure), the molar free energy is
A. More in vapour phase
B. More in liquid phase
C. Same in both the phases
D. Replaced by chemical potential which is more in vapour phase
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If the molar heat capacities (Cp or Cv ) of the reactants and products of a chemical reaction are identical, then, with the increase in temperature, the heat of reaction will
A. Increase
B. Decrease
C. Remain unaltered
D. Increase or decrease ; depends on the particular reaction
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If the vapour pressure at two temperatures of a solid phase in equilibrium with its liquid phase are known, then the latent heat of fusion can be calculated by the
A. Maxwell's equation
B. Clayperon-Claussius equation
C. Van Laar equation
D. Nernst Heat Theorem
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If the heat of solution of an ideal gas in a liquid is negative, then its solubility at a given partial pressure varies with the temperature as
A. Solubility increases as temperature increases
B. Solubility increases as temperature decreases
C. Solubility is independent of temperature
D. Solubility increases or decreases with temperature depending on the Gibbs free energy change of solution
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Pick out the wrong statement.
A. Trouton's ratio of non-polar liquids is calculated using Kistyakowasky equation
B. Thermal efficiency of a Carnot engine is always less than 1
C. An equation relating pressure, volume and temperature of a gas is called ideal gas equation
D. None of these
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For the gaseous phase chemical reaction, C2 H4 (g) + H2 O(g) ⟷ C2 H5 OH(g), the equilibrium conversion does not depend on the
A. Steam to ethylene ratio
B. Temperature
C. Pressure
D. None of these
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For an irreversible process involving only pressure-volume work
A. (dF)T, P < 0
B. (dF)T, P = 0
C. (dF)T, P > 0
D. (dA)T, V > 0
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For a reversible process involving only pressure-volume work
A. (dF)T, P < 0
B. (dF)T, P > 0
C. (dF)T, P = 0
D. (dA)T, V < 0
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In an ideal solution, the activity of a component equals its
A. Mole fraction
B. Fugacity at the same temperature and pressure
C. Partial pressure
D. None of these
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Water on heating from 1 to 4°C
A. Contracts
B. Expands
C. Has same volume
D. May contract or expand
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Work done in an adiabatic process between two states depends on the
A. Rate of heat transmission
B. Initial state only
C. End states only
D. None of these
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Which is a state function?
A. Specific volume
B. Work
C. Pressure
D. Temperature
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Pick out the wrong statement.
A. An ideal liquid or solid solution is defined as one in which each component obeys Raoult's law
B. If Raoult's law is applied to one component of a binary mixture; Henry's law or Raoult's law is applied to the other component also
C. Henry's law is rigorously correct in the limit of infinite dilution
D. None of these
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Which is not a refrigerant?
A. SO2
B. NH3
C. CCl2 F2
D. C2 H4 Cl2
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Work done is a
A. Property of the system
B. Path function
C. Point function
D. State description of a system
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For a constant pressure reversible process, the enthalpy change (ΔH) of the system is
A. Cv .dT
B. Cp .dT
C. ∫Cp .dT
D. ∫Cv .dT
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In an ideal gas mixture, fugacity of a species is equal to its
A. Vapor pressure
B. Partial pressure
C. Chemical potential
D. None of these
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