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Unknown Mass in Dalton's Law of Partial Pressures

An air with mass of $0.454\ \mathrm{kg}$ and an unknown mass of $\ce{CO2}$ occupy an 85 liters tank at $2068.44\ \mathrm{kPa}$. If the partial pressure of the $\ce{CO2}$ is $344.74\ \mathrm{kPa}$, ...
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Use the first law of thermodynamics to derive the pressure as a function of T, U, V and N

I am struggling with a thermodynamics question given $$S(U,V,N)=C_VNK_\mathrm b\ln U/U_0+NK_\mathrm b\ln V/V_0$$ (where $U_0$ and $V_0$ are the reference energies and volumes) and the first law of ...
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Work done by system of ideal gas in isobaric expansion

Consider a system of ideal gas in a container with piston and the isobaric expansion of gas takes place. As the process is isobaric, so initially the pressure of gas is equal to atmospheric pressure ...
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