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Statement

5.6.15. The air, which occupied a volume of 2 liters at a pressure of 0.8 MPa, isothermically expanded to 10 liters. Identify the work done by air.

Solution

Assuming we're working with ideal gases
We have:



for an isothermic process, the work done is

but , then

and calculating we get

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