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I know that the work done on the system in any free expansion is 0 since the external pressure is 0. However.. is q necessarily 0? Does the temperature necessarily stay constant for an ideal gas?
I've been trying to justify the reasons for which q is necessarily 0, but I can't find a reason... Does anybody know why this is so? I know that U varies only with T for an ideal gas, but that would require justifying that the change in temperature is also 0.. does anybody have a mathematical justification for why q is necessarily 0 for a free expansion of an ideal gas?
Thanks.
I've been trying to justify the reasons for which q is necessarily 0, but I can't find a reason... Does anybody know why this is so? I know that U varies only with T for an ideal gas, but that would require justifying that the change in temperature is also 0.. does anybody have a mathematical justification for why q is necessarily 0 for a free expansion of an ideal gas?
Thanks.