Explain in one or two sentences why the pressure–volume curve for an adiabatic…

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Problem

Explain in one or two sentences why the pressure–volume curve for an adiabatic expansion of an ideal gas is steeper than that for an isothermal expansion starting from the same initial state.

Related theory

Thermodynamic Processes
Isothermal and adiabatic processes
The first law of thermodynamics
Thermodynamics
Adiabatic process

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