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An ideal gas expands from volume to along two different paths:
PHYSICS · Subjective · CBSE · Physics · Thermodynamics · Thermodynamics
Problem
An ideal gas expands from volume
V
1
V_1
V
1
to
V
2
V_2
V
2
(
V
2
>
V
1
)
(V_2>V_1)
(
V
2
>
V
1
)
along two different paths: (a) an isothermal process and (b) a reversible adiabatic process. Without doing calculations, state in which process the gas absorbs heat and give a brief reason.
Related theory
First Law of Thermodynamics
Laws of Thermodynamics
Thermodynamic Processes
The first law of thermodynamics
Thermodynamics
Isothermal and adiabatic processes
Adiabatic process
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