GATE XE (Engineering Sciences) 2024 - Question 76

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Section: Thermodynamics | Marks: 2

In a graph with Helmholtz function on the 𝑦–axis and volume on the 𝑥–axis, the slope of the isothermal curves for a finite volume system containing an ideal gas is

  • A. always zero
  • B. infinite
  • C. finite, positive, and non-zero
  • D. finite, negative, and non-zero

Answer: D. finite, negative, and non-zero

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