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Calculating work done in a piston

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Sep20-12, 09:49 AM

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Calculating work done in a piston

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Thanks chester. That sounds much more promising but I wonder why it's a factor of 10 out. Could I ask how you got 7.2kJ? What were the equations you used?

I found the missing factor of 10. My mistake was that I used 0.8 bars for the initial pressure, rather than 8 bars.

Chet

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