An ideal gas is adiabatically expanded along path AB from a temperature T=500 K to 300 K, and then isochorically heated along a path BC back to T=500 K. (i) Draw a pressure-volume diagram for this process and show that the ratio of pressures at points A and C obeys - ()* РА %3D PC where y is the adiabatic index of the ideal gas. (ii) Given that the ratio of pressures at points A and C is found to be PA 3.59 %3D PC

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An ideal gas is adiabatically expanded along path AB from a temperature
T=500 K to 300 K, and then isochorically heated along a path BC back to
T=500 K.
(i) Draw a pressure-volume diagram for this process and show that the ratio of
pressures at points A and C obeys
(3)
PA
PC
where y is the adiabatic index of the ideal gas.
(ii) Given that the ratio of pressures at points A and C is found to be
PA
3.59
PC
Transcribed Image Text:An ideal gas is adiabatically expanded along path AB from a temperature T=500 K to 300 K, and then isochorically heated along a path BC back to T=500 K. (i) Draw a pressure-volume diagram for this process and show that the ratio of pressures at points A and C obeys (3) PA PC where y is the adiabatic index of the ideal gas. (ii) Given that the ratio of pressures at points A and C is found to be PA 3.59 PC
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