Question: Approximately how much work is done by the system in the thermodynamic processes in the two parts of Figure P16.13? Are they expansions or contractions?

Approximately how much work is done by the system in the thermodynamic processes in the two parts of Figure P16.13? Are they expansions or contractions? 


Figure P16.13

 20,000 20,000 10,000 10,000 of 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.1 V (m³) V (m³) P (Pa) P (Pa)

20,000 20,000 10,000 10,000 of 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.1 V (m) V (m) P (Pa) P (Pa)

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