Question

A cylinder is fitted with a freely moveable piston of area 1.20 x 10-² m² and negligible mass. The cylinder below the piston is filled with a gas. At state 1, the gas has volume 1.50 x 10-3 m³, pressure 1.02 x 10^5 Pa and the cylinder is in contact with a water bath at a temperature of 0°C. The gas is then taken through the following four-step process. A 2.50 kg metal block is placed on top of the piston, compressing the gas to state 2, with the gas still at 0°C. • The cylinder is then brought in contact with a boiling water bath, raising the gas temperature to 100°C at state 3. .The metal block is removed and the gas expands to state 4 still at 100°C. Finally, the cylinder is again placed in contact with the water bath at 0°C, returning the system to state 1 (a) Determine the pressure of the gas in state 2. (b) Determine the volume of the gas in state 2. (c) Indicate below whether the process from state 2 to state 3 is isothermal, isobaric, or adiabatic. _______Isothermal _______Isobaric Adiabatic Explain your reasoning. (d) Is the process from state 4 to state 1 isobaric? ___YES ___NO Explain your reasoning. (e) Determine the volume of the gas in state 4.