One part of a cylinder is filled with one mole of a monatomic ideal gas at a pressure of 1 atm and temperature of 300 K. A massless piston separates the gas from the other section of the cylinder which is evacuated but has a spring at equilibrium extension attached to it and to the opposite wall of the cylinder. The cylinder is thermally insulated from the rest of the world, and the piston is fixed to the cylinder initially and then released. After reaching equilibrium, the volume occupied by the gas is double the original. Neglecting the thermal capacities of the cylinder, piston, and spring, find the temperature and pressure of the gas. 0000

One part of a cylinder is filled with one mole of a monatomic ideal gas at a pressure of 1 atm and temperature of 300 K. A massless piston separates the gas from the other section of the cylinder which is evacuated but has a spring at equilibrium extension attached to it and to the opposite wall of the cylinder. The cylinder is thermally insulated from the rest of the world, and the piston is fixed to the cylinder initially and then released. After reaching equilibrium, the volume occupied by the gas is double the original. Neglecting the thermal capacities of the cylinder, piston, and spring, find the temperature and pressure of the gas. 0000

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