# GATE2020-ME-1: 17

For an ideal gas, the value of the Joule-Thomson coefficient is

1. positive
2. negative
3. zero
4. indeterminate

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Option C.

JouleThompson Coefficient for ideal gas is always 0.

NOTE: JouleThompson Coefficient is also 0 for real gas at Inversion Temperature.

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