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Thank you very much. I really need some extra sleep tonight, I can't believe I missed such an easy solution.

The system is naturally undergoing Adiabatic Cooling (as the Volume increases, the aN2/V term decreases, which means the 3/2*NkT term (and thus T) must also decrease for E to remain constant. However, I don't know how to translate this into an equation for delta T/delta V, based on the other...

Homework Statement The energy of a gas is given by: E = 3/2*NkT-aN2/V, where E, N, k, and a are held constant (or are just constants). Volume V1 with temperature T1 expands adiabatically into V2. Determine T2. Homework Equations All in part 1. The Attempt at a Solution I'm...