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An ideal monatomic gas undergoes a reversible expansion to 1.5 times its original volume. In which of these processes does the gas perform the most work?
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if the pressure increases in proportion to the volume |
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at constant pressure |
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if the pressure decreases in proportion to the volume |
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adiabatically |
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at constant temperature |
A monatomic ideal gas is compressed adiabatically to one-third of its initial volume. The resulting pressure will be
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more than three times as large as the initial value. |
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impossible to predict on the basis of this data. |
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less than three times as large as the initial value. |
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three times as large as the initial value. |
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equal to the initial value. |
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