An ideal gas has CV* = 4R. What is the change in entropy of the gas when 25 moles of the gas is compressed isothermally from 0.1 MPa to 0.8 MPa at a temperature of 350 K?


A. 432 J/K
B. -432 J/K
C. -17.3 J/mol•K
D. 17.3 J/mol•K
E. Insufficient information to solve


A. Incorrect. You are making a sign error; entropy should decrease with increasing pressure at constant temperature.
B. Correct. Use Equation 4.59 to solve for ?S and then use the number of moles.
C. Incorrect. This is the change in molar entropy.
D. Incorrect. This is the change in molar entropy with the wrong sign.
E. Incorrect. All the information needed to solve the problem is given. One piece of information is actually superfluous.

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