Molar Specific Heat of Gas Mixture – Rankers Physics
Topic: Thermal Physics
Subtopic: Thermodynamics

Molar Specific Heat of Gas Mixture

Two moles of helium gas is mixed with three moles of hydrogen gas (taken to be rigid). The molar specific heat of mixture at constant volume will be
\(2.1R\)
\(1.2R\)
\(5.7R\)
\(7.5R\)

Solution:

The molar specific heat of a mixture at constant volume is \(C_{v,\text{mix}} = \frac{n_1 C_{v1} + n_2 C_{v2}}{n_1 + n_2}\). For monatomic helium, \(C_{v1} = 1.5R\), and for rigid diatomic hydrogen, \(C_{v2} = 2.5R\). Substituting gives \(C_{v,\text{mix}} = \frac{2(1.5R) + 3(2.5R)}{5} = 2.1R\).

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