The molar specific heats of an ideal gas at constant pressure and volume are denoted by $C_p$ and $C_V$…

The molar specific heats of an ideal gas at constant pressure and volume are denoted by $C_p$ and $C_V$ respectively. If $\gamma=\frac{C_p}{C_V}$ and $R$ is the universal gas constant, then $C_V$ is equal to
  1. $\frac{1+\gamma}{1-\gamma}$
  2. $\frac{R}{(\gamma-1)}$
  3. $\frac{(\gamma-1)}{R}$
  4. $\gamma R$

Solution

The value of $C_V=\frac{R}{\gamma-1}$ ^

Asked in: NEET 2013 (All India)

Practice more Kinetic Theory of Gases questions on Aicharya