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The discussion centers on the thermodynamics problem related to the ideal gas law, specifically the equation ##pV=AT##, where ##A## represents the amount of gas. Participants clarify that in a constant volume process, the differential change in pressure, ##dp##, is influenced by temperature changes, leading to different behaviors in scenarios 14(a) and 14(b). In scenario 14(b), the increase in temperature results in a lower rate of pressure change for the same change in gas amount compared to scenario 14(a), where temperature remains constant. This highlights the importance of considering temperature variations when analyzing gas behavior under pressure changes.

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Question 14 B) Re: " The graph of force per area vs amount of gas will change, as the pressure is increasing due to increasing temperature, so the amount of gas in a volume at a given pressure will be decreasing. This will have the effect of decreasing the maximum force per area for there to be no gas in the bubble, and also decreasing the rate of increase of force per area beyond that point. "

Cannot understand this, can someone explain this more? Also with their reasoning it seems that they ignore that the pressure rise in the first scenario also causes an increasing temperature?
 
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I think what it is trying to say without equations is this.
First, the ideal gas law in 14(b) is written as ##pV=AT## where ##A## is a measure of the amount of gas.
Now for a (nearly) constant volume process, ##d(pV)\approx Vdp##.
The other side of the equation is ##d[AT]=T dA+AdT##.
So ##dp \sim T dA+AdT.##

In 14(a) there is no change in temperature so ##dp \sim T dA.##
In 14(b) there is change in temperature so ##dp \sim T dA +AdT.##
For the same ##dA## there is less ##dp## in 14(b) than in 14(a) point by point.
 

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