An ideal gas expands isothermally from volume $V_1$ to volume $V_2$. It is then compressed to the original volume $V_1$ adiabatically. If $p_1$ and $p_2$ represent the initial pressure and final pressure respectively,and $W$ represents the net work done by the gas during the entire process,then:

Three samples of the same gas $A, B$ and $C$ $(\gamma = 3/2)$ have initially equal volume. Now the volume of each sample is doubled. The process is adiabatic for $A$,isobaric for $B$,and isothermal for $C$. If the final pressures are equal for all three samples,the ratio of their initial pressures is:

Consider an engine that absorbs $130 \text{ cal}$ of heat from a hot reservoir and delivers $30 \text{ cal}$ of heat to a cold reservoir in each cycle. The engine also consumes $2 \text{ J}$ of energy in each cycle to overcome friction. If the engine works at $90 \text{ cycles per minute}$, what will be the maximum power delivered to the load (in $\text{ W}$)? [Assume the thermal equivalent of heat is $4.2 \text{ J/cal}$]

What are the differences between mechanics and thermodynamics?

Consider two containers $A$ and $B$ containing monoatomic gases at the same Pressure $(P)$,Volume $(V)$ and Temperature $(T)$. The gas in $A$ is compressed isothermally to $\frac{1}{8}$ of its original volume while the gas $B$ is compressed adiabatically to $\frac{1}{8}$ of its original volume. The ratio of final pressure of gas in $B$ to that of gas in $A$ is ...........

Heat is applied to a rigid diatomic gas at constant pressure. The ratio $\Delta Q : \Delta U : \Delta W$ is