A 1.25 mole sample of an ideal gas is expanded from 320. K and an initial pressure

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A 1.25 mole sample of an ideal gas is expanded from 320. K and an initial pressure of 3.10 bar to a final pressure of 1.00 bar, and CP,m = 5/2R. Calculate w for the following two cases:

a. The expansion is isothermal and reversible.

b. The expansion is adiabatic and reversible.

Without resorting to equations, explain why the result to part (b) is greater than or less than the result to part (a).

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Physical Chemistry

ISBN: 978-0321812001

3rd edition

Authors: Thomas Engel, Philip Reid

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