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Reversible adiabatic expansion
« on: September 30, 2013, 08:39:54 PM »
1 mole of an ideal monatomic gas undergoes reversible adiabatic expansion from 24.8 liter at 298 K to 49.6 liter. How much work is done by the system?

I'm not quite sure what equation to use.  The way I just did it was Tf = Ti(Vi/Vf)^1/c, solving for Tf.  Then, I used W = CvΔT where Cv = 3/2nR. I got -1375 J.

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Re: Reversible adiabatic expansion
« Reply #1 on: September 30, 2013, 08:47:26 PM »
I'm sorry.  I just realized that since the volume is changing, I would not be able to use Cv.

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