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3.6 Exercise 11

Avg difficulty 2.5

Compare the charge in internal energy of an ideal gas for a quasi-static adiabatic expansion with that for a quasi-static isothermal expansion. What happens to the temperature of an ideal gas in an adiabatic expansion?

OpenStax University Physics Volume 2, 3.6 Adiabatic Processes for an Ideal Gas, exercise 11

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