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4.7 Exercise 36

Avg difficulty 2.5

(a) An infinitesimal amount of heat is added reversibly to a system. By combining the first and second laws, show that dU=TdS−dWd U = T d S - d W. (b) When heat is added to an ideal gas, its temperature and volume change from T1andV1toT2andV2T_{1} \text{and} V_{1} \text{to} T_{2} \text{and} V_{2}. Show that the entropy change of n moles of the gas is given by

ΔS=nCvlnT2T1+nRlnV2V1\Delta S = n C_{v} \text{ln} \frac{T_{2}}{T_{1}} + n R \text{ln} \frac{V_{2}}{V_{1}}.

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