An ideal gas in a tank at 500°C and 100 kPa is compressed isothermally to 1000 kPa. What was the work (in J/g mol) of compression? And how much heat has to be transferred to or from the compression equipment to keep it isothermal. Was the transfer into or out of the equipment?

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An ideal gas in a tank at 500°C and 100 kPa is compressed isothermally to 1000 kPa.
What was the work (in J/g mol) of compression? And how much heat has to be transferred to
or from the compression equipment to keep it isothermal. Was the transfer into or out of the
equipment?
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