A Heat Engine Takes 2

question 26

Multiple Choice

A heat engine takes 2.0 moles of an ideal gas through the reversible cycle abca,on the pV diagram shown in the figure.The path bc is an isothermal process.The temperature at c is 820 K,and the volumes at a and c are 0.010 m³ and 0.16 m³,respectively.The molar heat capacity at constant volume,of the gas,is 37 J/mol ∙ K,and the ideal gas constant is R = 8.314 J/(mol ∙ K) .The thermal efficiency of the engine is closest to

• A)0.26.
• B)0.026.
• C)0.33.
• D)0.40.
• E)0.53.

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