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Offline AstaPasta

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« on: June 21, 2021, 10:54:42 AM »
A gas is compressed down to half of its original volume. In order to do so, 32.89 J of work are completed. While this happens, the system absorbed 109 J of heat. What is the energy change for this process?

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« Reply #1 on: June 21, 2021, 11:00:50 AM »
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« Reply #2 on: June 30, 2021, 09:23:27 AM »
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A gas is compressed down to half of its original volume. In order to do so, 32.89 J of work are completed. While this happens, the system absorbed 109 J of heat. What is the energy change for this process?
Did you read about the enthalpy ? It is defined as:

ΔH = ΔU + pΔV

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