You close off the nozzle of a bicycle tire pump and very lowly depress the plunger so

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You close off the nozzle of a bicycle tire pump and very lowly depress the plunger so that the air inside is compressed to half its original volume. Assume the air behaves like an ideal gas. If you do this so slowly that the temperature of the air inside the ump never changes:
(a) Is the work done by the air in the pump positive or negative?
(b) Is the heat flow to the air positive or negative?
(c) What can you say about the relative magnitudes of the eat flow and the work? Explain.
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Physical Chemistry

ISBN: 978-0321812001

3rd edition

Authors: Thomas Engel, Philip Reid

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