Two moles of an ideal gas are taken from state A to state B by the following two processes

CHEMISTRY · Subjective · A Level · Chemistry · Thermodynamics · Thermodynamics

Problem

Two moles of an ideal gas are taken from state A to state B by the following two processes. • Process 1: A reversible isothermal expansion at 400 K. • Process 2: An adiabatic expansion followed by heating at constant volume until state B is reached. Explain why the entropy change of the gas has exactly the same value for Process 1 and Process 2, even though the quantities of heat transferred are different.

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