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JEE Advanced · Chemistry · 6. Thermodynamics (C)

For an ideal gas, consider only P-V work in going from an initial state \(\mathrm{X}\) to the final state \(\mathrm{Z}\). The final state \(\mathrm{Z}\) can be reached by either of the two paths shown in the figure. Which of the following choice(s) is (are) correct?
[Take \(\Delta \mathrm{S}\) as change in entropy and w as work done].

  1. A \(\Delta \mathrm{S}_{x \rightarrow z}=\Delta \mathrm{S}_{x \rightarrow y}+\Delta \mathrm{S}_{y \rightarrow z}\)
  2. B \(\mathrm{w}_{x \rightarrow z}=\mathrm{w}_{x \rightarrow y}+\mathrm{w}_{y \rightarrow z}\)
  3. C \(\mathrm{w}_{x \rightarrow y \rightarrow z}=\mathrm{w}_{x \rightarrow y}\)
  4. D \(\Delta \mathrm{S}_{x \rightarrow y \rightarrow z}=\Delta \mathrm{S}_{x \rightarrow y}\)
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(C) \(\mathrm{w}_{x \rightarrow y \rightarrow z}=\mathrm{w}_{x \rightarrow y}\)

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\(\Delta S_{X \rightarrow Z}=\Delta S_{X \rightarrow Y}+\Delta S_{Y \rightarrow Z}\) [Entropy is a state function, hence additive]

\(w_{X \rightarrow Y \rightarrow Z}=w_{X \rightarrow Y}\) [Work done in \(Y \rightarrow Z\) is zero because it is an isochoric process].
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