Q.
Certain amount of an ideal gas is contained in a closed vessel. The vessel is moving with a constant velocity v. The molecular mass of gas is M. The rise in temperature of the gas when the vessel is suddenly stopped is (γ=CP/CV)
If m is the total mass of the gas, then its kinetic energy =1/2mv2. When the vessel is suddenly stopped, total kinetic energy will increase the temperature of the gas (because process will be adiabatic), i.e., 21mv2=μCvΔT=MmCvΔT ⇒Mmγ−1RΔT=21mv2( As Cv=γ−1R) ⇒ΔT=2RMv2(γ−1)