How would a system undergoing adiabatic reversible expansion be represented by the equation for the First Law? Think about what is changing in order to do work. Which term(s) is/are now zero?

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Problem 2.65E: A sample of an ideal diatomic gas is compressed adiabatically and reversibly to double its initial...
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