Half a mole of a perfect gas expands isothermally and at 298.15 K from a volume of 10 L to a volume of 20 L. (a) What is the change in the entropy of the gas? (b) How much work is done on the gas? (c) What is the heat of Surroundings  ? (d) What is the change in the entropy of the surroundings? (e)What is the change in the entropy of the system plus the surroundings?

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Half a mole of a perfect gas expands isothermally and at 298.15 K from a volume of 10 L to a
volume of 20 L. (a) What is the change in the entropy of the gas? (b) How much work is done
on the gas? (c) What is the heat of Surroundings  ? (d) What is the change in the entropy of the surroundings? (e)What is the change in the entropy of the system plus the surroundings?

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