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introductory thermodynamics,infelta

all you need is to have is consistant units. pressure in Pa, volume in cubic meters and R = 8.3145 J mol^-1 K^-1 then work will be in joules

I have done in my book an example of a process of a system in contact with a heat source. The change is carried out in one step or 2 steps and more. This is the objects problem 3.3 which is also corrected in my textbooks. I calculated the work done of the system in each case. I drew a...

adiabatic Adiabatic means a process where no heat is exchanged between the system and its surroundings An adiabatic process may be reversible or irreversible. A reversible adiabatic process is also called isentropic, meaning that the entropy of the adiabatic system does not change for such...

The partition fonction for a polyatomic gas has additional terms. A monoatomic gas only has translation. Polyatomic gases have in addition vibration and rotation.