A piston/cylinder contains air assumed to be an ideal gas at 800 kPa and 300 K. The gas undergoes reversible isothermal expansion until the volume doubles. (a) How much heat is transferred to the system, kJ/kg? (b) What is ∆ssys for the process

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A piston/cylinder contains air assumed to be an ideal gas at 800 kPa
and 300 K. The gas undergoes reversible isothermal expansion until
the volume doubles.

(a) How much heat is transferred to the system, kJ/kg?
(b) What is ∆ssys for the process.
(c) What is the entropy change of the surroundings. ∆ssurr
(d) What is the total change in entropy ∆Stot = ∆Suniv = Sgen

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