Shahroze Posted March 2, 2019 Share Posted March 2, 2019 A piston can freely move inside a horizontal cylinder. Initially thr piston separates the cylinder in two parts of equal volume V and pressure P and temperature T. What work has to be done to increase the volume n times that of other ISOTHERMALLY? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hypervalent_iodine Posted March 2, 2019 Share Posted March 2, 2019 Is this homework? Could you share your attempts at this question and where you are stuck exactly? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shahroze Posted March 2, 2019 Author Share Posted March 2, 2019 Well first i calculated the work done by the gas in left compartment which was nRT ln( 2/(1+n)) and then by 2nd compartment which is nRT ln(2n/(1+n)^2) so total work is the sum of two which is nRT ln(4n/(1+n)^2) but the answer is inverse of it that is nRT ln((1+n)^2/4n) plz help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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