Consider an ideal gas enclosed in a 1.00 L container at an internal pressure of 24.0 atm. Calculate the work, ?w, if the gas expands against a constant external pressure of 1.00 atm to a final volume of 24.0 L.   Now calculate the work done if this process is carried out in two steps. First, let the gas expand against a constant external pressure of 1.50 atm to a volume of 16.0 L. From the end point of step 1, let the gas expand to 24.0 L against a constant external pressure of 1.00 atm.

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Consider an ideal gas enclosed in a 1.00 L container at an internal pressure of 24.0 atm.

Calculate the work, ?w, if the gas expands against a constant external pressure of 1.00 atm to a final volume of 24.0 L.

 

Now calculate the work done if this process is carried out in two steps.

  1. First, let the gas expand against a constant external pressure of 1.50 atm to a volume of 16.0 L.

  2. From the end point of step 1, let the gas expand to 24.0 L against a constant external pressure of 1.00 atm.

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