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QJEEAdv20Phfa86: JEE Advanced 2020 Physics - Class 11 JEEAdv20Phfa86 Solution: A spherical bubble inside water has radius R. Take the pressure …

A spherical bubble inside water has radius R. Take the pressure inside the bubble and the water pressure to be p0. The bubble now gets compressed radially in an adiabatic manner so that its radius becomes (R −- a). For a << R the magnitude of the work done in the process in given by (4 π\pi p0Ra2)X, where X is a constant and γ\gamma = Cp/Cv = 41/30. The value of X is ________.

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As change in the kinetic energy of the surface of the bubble is zero.

∴\therefore Wexternal + Wwater + Wgas = 0 ....(i)

where Wexternal = work done by external agent

Wwater = work done by water

Wgas = work done by gas

For adiabatic process, P1V1γ=P2V2γ{P_1}V_1^\gamma = {P_2}V_2^\gamma

Here, P0[43πR3]4130=P[43π(R−a)3]4130{P_0}{\left[ {{4 \over 3}\pi {R^3}} \right]^{{{41} \over {30}}}} = P{\left[ {{4 \over 3}\pi {{\left( {R - a} \right)}^3}} \right]^{{{41} \over {30}}}}

⇒\Rightarrow P = P0[RR−a]4110{P_0}{\left[ {{R \over {R - a}}} \right]^{{{41} \over {10}}}}

Now, Wgas = P1V1−P2V2γ−1{{{P_1}{V_1} - {P_2}{V_2}} \over {\gamma - 1}}

= P0×43πR3−P×43π(R−a)34130−1{{{P_0} \times {4 \over 3}\pi {R^3} - P \times {4 \over 3}\pi {{\left( {R - a} \right)}^3}} \over {{{41} \over {30}} - 1}}

= P0×43πR3−P0[RR−a]4110×43π(R−a)34130−1{{{P_0} \times {4 \over 3}\pi {R^3} - {P_0}{{\left[ {{R \over {R - a}}} \right]}^{{{41} \over {10}}}} \times {4 \over 3}\pi {{\left( {R - a} \right)}^3}} \over {{{41} \over {30}} - 1}}

= P0×43πR3[1−(RR−a)4110(R−aR)3]1130{{{P_0} \times {4 \over 3}\pi {R^3}\left[ {1 - {{\left( {{R \over {R - a}}} \right)}^{{{41} \over {10}}}}{{\left( {{{R - a} \over R}} \right)}^3}} \right]} \over {{{11} \over {30}}}}

= 4011P0πR3[1−(R−aR)−4110(R−aR)3]{{{40} \over {11}}{P_0}\pi {R^3}\left[ {1 - {{\left( {{{R - a} \over R}} \right)}^{ - {{41} \over {10}}}}{{\left( {{{R - a} \over R}} \right)}^3}} \right]}

= 4011P0πR3[1−(1−aR)−1110]{{40} \over {11}}{P_0}\pi {R^3}\left[ {1 - {{\left( {1 - {a \over R}} \right)}^{ - {{11} \over {10}}}}} \right]

= 4011P0πR3[1−1−11a10R−(−1110)(−1110−1)2a2R2]{{40} \over {11}}{P_0}\pi {R^3}\left[ {1 - 1 - {{11a} \over {10R}} - {{\left( { - {{11} \over {10}}} \right)\left( { - {{11} \over {10}} - 1} \right)} \over 2}{{{a^2}} \over {{R^2}}}} \right]

= -4P0 π\pi R2 aa - 40×21100×2P0πRa2{{40 \times 21} \over {100 \times 2}}{P_0}\pi R{a^2}

= -4P0 π\pi R2 aa - 4.2P0πRa24.2{P_0}\pi R{a^2}

Wwater = P0dV

= P0 [43πR3−43π(R−a)3]{\left[ {{4 \over 3}\pi {R^3} - {4 \over 3}\pi {{\left( {R - a} \right)}^3}} \right]}

= 4P03π[R3−(R−a)3]{{{4{P_0}} \over 3}\pi \left[ {{R^3} - {{\left( {R - a} \right)}^3}} \right]}

= 4P03π[[R−(R−a)][R2+R(R−a)+(R−a)2]]{{{4{P_0}} \over 3}\pi \left[ {\left[ {R - \left( {R - a} \right)} \right]\left[ {{R^2} + R\left( {R - a} \right) + {{\left( {R - a} \right)}^2}} \right]} \right]}

= 4P03π[[a][3R2−3Ra+a2]]{{{4{P_0}} \over 3}\pi \left[ {\left[ a \right]\left[ {3{R^2} - 3Ra + {a^2}} \right]} \right]}

= 4P03π[(3R2a−3Ra2+a3)]{{{4{P_0}} \over 3}\pi \left[ {\left( {3{R^2}a - 3R{a^2} + {a^3}} \right)} \right]}

= 4P0π[R2a−Ra2]{4{P_0}\pi \left[ {{R^2}a - R{a^2}} \right]} [ignore a3{{a^3}} term as no a3{{a^3}} term in the question]

∴\therefore Wgas + Wwater = - 4P0πRa24{P_0}\pi R{a^2} - 4.2P0πRa24.2{P_0}\pi R{a^2}

= −4P0πRa2[1+1.05]- 4{P_0}\pi R{a^2}\left[ {1 + 1.05} \right]

= −4P0πRa2[2.05]- 4{P_0}\pi R{a^2}\left[ {2.05} \right]

From (i), Wexternal = - (Wgas + Wwater)

= 4P0πRa2[2.05]4{P_0}\pi R{a^2}\left[ {2.05} \right]

∴\therefore X = 2.05

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