Question: A long horizontal cylinder with a moveable piston is filled with He at 5 atm and 2 5 C , with a total volume of

A long horizontal cylinder with a moveable piston is filled with He at 5 atm and
25C, with a total volume of 50cm3. The other side of the piston is in contact with
air at 1 atm . Once the latch is removed He will expand and eventually the piston
will stop and He reaches the final steady state. The friction between piston and
cylinder wall can be neglected, and He can be assumed ideal gas.
(a) Calculate work done by He in the cylinder during the expansion
process, and the change of internal energy U and entropy S for He in
the cylinder between the final (state 2) and initial state (state 1)
(b) After the end of the expansion (state 2), you would like to push the
piston slowly back to its original position (state 3). Calculate the
change of U and S of He , and work W done by you between state 2
and state 3?
(c) Comment on the reversibility of the above two processes
please solve on a paper so its easy to comprehend
A long horizontal cylinder with a moveable piston

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