The discussion centers on the comparison of adiabatic expansions of monoatomic and diatomic gases, specifically analyzing the slopes of their pressure-volume (P/V) curves. It is established that if the slope of gas A's curve is greater than that of gas B (slopeA > slopeB), gas A is monoatomic while gas B is diatomic. The relationship between pressure (P) and volume (V) during an adiabatic change is defined by the ratio \(\gamma = C_p/C_v\), where C_p is the specific heat at constant pressure and C_v is the specific heat at constant volume. The slope (dP/dV) of the P/V graph at any point is negative, indicating an inverse relationship between pressure and volume during adiabatic expansion.
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If you plot the PV graph of an adiabatic expansion, is the slope negative or positive?anigeo said:if there are two diabatic expansions of gases A and B and slope of their P/V curve are in this way: slopeA> slopeB then
which gas is monoatomic and which is diatomic?