Physical Chemistry
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Author: Ball, David W. (david Warren), BAER, Tomas
Publisher: Wadsworth Cengage Learning,
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Chapter 2, Problem 2.2E
Explain in your own words why work done by the system is defined as the negative of p∆V, not positive p∆V.
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