Practice mode Thermodynamics

When an ideal gas is heated at constant volume, the heat supplied is used ____.

Correct answer A. entirely to increase its internal energy

Explanation

At constant volume the gas cannot expand, so W = PΔV = 0. By the first law Q = ΔU, meaning all the heat increases the internal energy and the temperature.

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