Chemical Engineering MCQs

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Thermal efficiency of a Carnot engine can approach 100%, only when the temperature of the__________________?
A. Cold reservoir approaches zero
B. Hot reservoir approaches infinity
C. Either a. or b
D. Neither a. nor b
Pick out the wrong statement pertaining to the decomposition of PCl5 represented by, PCl5 ⇌ PCl3 + Cl2.Degree of dissociation of PCl5 will_________________?
A. Decrease on addition of cl2
B. Increase on addition of an inert gas at constant pressure
C. Decrease on increasing the pressure of the system
D. None of these
The expression, nRT ln(P1/P2), is for the _____________of an ideal gas?
A. Compressibility
B. Work done under adiabatic condition
C. Work done under isothermal condition
D. Co-efficient of thermal expansion
Critical compressibility factor for all substances___________________?
A. Are more or less constant (vary from 0.2 to 0.3)
B. Vary as square of the absolute temperature
C. Vary as square of the absolute pressure
D. None of these
Entropy of an ideal gas depends upon its__________________?
A. Pressure
B. Temperature
C. Both a. & b
D. Neither a. nor b
Second law of thermodynamics is concerned with the_________________?
A. Amount of energy transferred
B. Direction of energy transfer
C. Irreversible processes only
D. Non-cyclic processes only
In case of the decomposition of hydroiodic acid (2HI ⇌ H2 + I2), addition of H2 (at equilibrium condition) will__________________?
A. Increase the partial pressure of i2
B. Decrease the partial pressure of hi
C. Diminish the degree of dissociation of hi
D. None of these