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Homework Statement
The figure shows the initial state of the gas in an insulated cylinder. The gas is ideal and it is given that, Cp/Cv = 1.5. The insulated piston by the help of an external agent is slowly shifted to the right such that the piston divides the cylinder in the ratio 1 : 3. Calculate the work done by the external agent.
The Attempt at a Solution
I calculated the final temperatures
T1 = √2/√3 T and T2 = √2T
Increase in internal energy of the entire system of gas ,
U = (n1+n2)Cv(T1 + T2 -2T)
Cv = 2R
U = 2RT(n1 + n2)(√2/√3 + √2 - 2)
(n1 + n2)RT=2PV
therefore U=4PV(√2/√3 + √2 - 2)
The answer is U=2.5PV(√2/√3 + √2 - 2)
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