One mole of ideal monatomic gas is confined in a cylinder by a piston and is maintained at a constant temperature T₀ by thermal contact with a heat reservoir. The gas slowly expands from V₁ to V₂ while being held at the same temperature T₀. Why does the internal energy of the gas not change? Calculate the work done by the gas and the heat flow into the gas.

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The fact that the gas expands at a constant temperature To implies that it undergoes an isothermal p... View the full answer