Show that the work done by one mole of an ideal gas in a reversible adiabatic…

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Problem

Show that the work done WW by one mole of an ideal gas in a reversible adiabatic expansion from an initial temperature TiT_i to a final temperature TfT_f is given by W=R (Ti−Tf)γ−1.W = \frac{R\,(T_i - T_f)}{\gamma - 1}.

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