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3 (a) (i) State what is meant by the internal energy of a system.
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(ii) Explain why, for an ideal gas, the change in internal energy is directly proportional to the
change in thermodynamic temperature of the gas.
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(b) A cylinder of volume 1.8 × 104 cm3 contains helium gas at pressure 6.4 × 106 Pa and
temperature 25 °C.
Helium gas may be considered to be an ideal gas consisting of single atoms.
Calculate the number of helium atoms in the cylinder.
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[Total: 8]
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