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Homework Statement
5 litres of an ideal gas which is initially at 300K and 10atm, and is expanded to a final pressure of 1atm. Find work done, change in internal energy, heat absorbed and change in enthalpy of the system if the process is isothermal and reversible.
Homework Equations
PV=nRT
dU=dQ+W
The Attempt at a Solution
I just want to check if I have the correct method here.
So using PiVi=nRT to find the number of moles, then the work done is -nRTln(Vf/Vi), where Vf/Vi is the ratio Pi/Pf. Because it is an isothermal process dU=0 → dQ=-W. Also the change in enthalpy will be zero.
Thank you for any help.
(I have posted this here because there is a second part to the question which I may need help for, but I just want to check if I have the right idea).