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JEE Mains · Physics · STD 11 - Kinetic theory of gases
  • JEE Mains 2022
  • Medium
  • Numerical

One mole of a monoatomic gas is mixed with three moles of a diatomic gas. The molecular specific heat of mixture at constant volume is \(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{4} R J / mol\,K\); then the value of \(\alpha\) will be \(.......\) (Assume that the given diatomic gas has no vibrational mode.)

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(D) \(3\)

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\(C _{ V_{mix }} =\frac{ n _{1} Cv _{1}+ n _{2} Cv _{2}}{ n _{1}+ n _{2}}\)

\(=\frac{1 \cdot \frac{3 R }{2}+3 \cdot \frac{5 R }{2}}{1+3}\)

\(=\frac{9 R }{4}=\frac{\alpha^{2}}{4} R\)

\(\alpha=3\)

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