Metallurgical Engineering
GATE MT concept:enthalpy PYQs
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Questions 11–16 of 16. Imported answers require independent review unless marked reviewed.
Question 6
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Elements A and B have the same crystal structure. For a dilute solution of B in A, which one of the following is true?
(Given:
– Mixing enthalpy,
– Activity of B and
– Mole fraction of B)Your answerChoose one option.
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Melting point of Cu is 1358 K and its enthalpy of melting is 13400 J mol
. The value of free energy change (in J mol
) for liquid to solid transformation at 1058 K is: __________ (round off to nearest integer).Assume:
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The vacancy concentration in a crystal doubles upon increasing the temperature from 27 °C to 127 °C. The enthalpy (in kJ mol
) of vacancy formation is: ______ (round off to 2 decimal places). Given:
J mol
K
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The condition for getting the binary phase diagram of A-B (shown below) is:

Given:
– Enthalpy of mixing of solid
– Enthalpy of mixing of liquidYour answerChoose one option.
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If liquid copper is cooled to 1353 K, magnitude of the driving force for liquid to transform to solid is ______ J·mol
(round off to one decimal place).Given, melting temperature and enthalpy of melting of copper are 1356 K and 13 kJ·mol
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For the reaction: 4Ag(s, pure) + O
(g) → 2Ag
O(s, pure), the standard enthalpy change,
, and the standard entropy change,
, in the temperature range from 298 K to 500 K. The temperature above which Ag
O decomposes in an atmosphere containing oxygen at a partial pressure
is ______ (in K to one decimal place). Given: Gas constant R = 8.314 J K
mol
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