The compressor captures 1 m³ of air at a temperature of 293.15 K and a pressure of 1 bar and compresses it isothermally to a pressure of 100 bar. How much heat is taken away with this? What is the change in the air's entropy? (The solutions are 0.46 MJ and -1.57 kJ/K)

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The compressor captures 1 m³ of air at a temperature of 293.15 K and a pressure of 1 bar and compresses it isothermally to a pressure of 100 bar. How much heat is taken away with this? What is the change in the air's entropy? (The solutions are 0.46 MJ and -1.57 kJ/K)

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