Among the following the set of parameters that represents path functions, is:
(a)
(b) q
(c) w
(d) H - TS
(a)
(b) q
(c) w
(d) H - TS
- (A)(b) and (c)✓ Correct
- (B)(b), (c) and (d)
- (C)(a), (b) and (c)
- (D)(a) and (d)
Answer: (A)
Solution
A path function depends on how a change is carried out, not just on its endpoints, and heat and work are both like this. But their sum equals , the internal energy change, which is a state function, and is the Gibbs energy , again a state function. So the only path functions among these are and .
JEE Main · 2019 · 09 Apr 2019 · Shift 1 · Single correct option