Given below are two statements. One is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R):
Assertion (A): In an insulated container, a gas is adiabatically shrunk to half of its initial volume. The temperature of the gas decreases.
Reason (R): Free expansion of an ideal gas is an irreversible and an adiabatic process. \text{In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:}
- Assertion (A) is true: When a gas is adiabatically compressed to half its initial volume, the temperature decreases. This is a result of the first law of thermodynamics and the fact that no heat is exchanged in an adiabatic process.
- Reason (R) is also true: Free expansion of an ideal gas is an irreversible and adiabatic process.
However, it is not the correct explanation of Assertion (A) because free expansion does not involve compression or a change in volume as described in Assertion (A). Free expansion involves no work and no change in internal energy.
Final Answer: Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is NOT the correct explanation of (A).
A black body is at a temperature of 2880 K. The energy of radiation emitted by this body with wavelength between 499 nm and 500 nm is U1, between 999 nm and 1000 nm is U2 and between 1499 nm and 1500 nm is U3. The Wien's constant, b = 2.88×106 nm-K. Then,




What will be the equilibrium constant of the given reaction carried out in a \(5 \,L\) vessel and having equilibrium amounts of \(A_2\) and \(A\) as \(0.5\) mole and \(2 \times 10^{-6}\) mole respectively?
The reaction : \(A_2 \rightleftharpoons 2A\)