An ideal gas expands isothermally from pressure and volume to volume
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Problem
An ideal gas expands isothermally from pressure P and volume V to volume 2V. Sketch this change on a pressure–volume diagram. An equal quantity of an ideal gas at pressure P and volume V expands adiabatically to a volume 2V. Sketch this change on the same axes. Determine in which case the work done by the gas larger.