Question

A gas kept in a container of finite conductivity is suddenly compressed. The process
(a) must be very nearly adiabatic
(b) must be very nearly isothermal
(c) may be very nearly adiabatic
(d) may be very nearly isothermal

Answer 1

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Answer 2

When a gas kept in a container of finite conductivity is suddenly compressed, the process (c) may be very nearly adiabatic or (d) may be very nearly isothermal.

Explanation:

• This is because, as the gas is suddenly compressed within the container, the heat cannot enter or leave the container in a very short span of time.
• During the process, if the temperature remains constant then the process may be isothermal.
• It cannot be surely isothermal as the chance for the temperature to be constant throughout the process is not definite as it is a sudden process.