Thermodynamic Irreversible Reactions

[kalbuskj31]

Hopefully somebody can help me with this. I have a final exam next week, and the textbook we use along with my professor didn't do a good job explaining what happens in irreversible reactions.

More specifically, what differences are there between reversible and irreversible processes of:
isothermal, isobaric, isochoric, adiabatic.

Any help would be appreciated.

 

[Andy Resnick]

More specifically, what differences are there between reversible and irreversible processes of:
isothermal, isobaric, isochoric, adiabatic.

AFAIK, all those processes can be either reversible or irreversible. A reversible process is defined to be one where the entropy does not change. Isentropic processes are reversible adiabatic processes.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reversible_process_(thermodynamics )

Are you are really asking something like "how can I tell if a particular process is reversible or not?"