One mole of an ideal gas is contained in a cylinder with a movable piston. The temperature is constant at 76°C. Weights are removed suddenly from the piston to give the following sequence of three pressures.
a. P1 = 5.10 atm (initial state)
b. P2 = 2.23 atm
c. P3 = 1.00 atm (final state)
What is the total work (in joules) in going from the initial to
the final state by way of the preceding two steps?
_________J (need this answer, and no it is not the same positive of
negative as the correct answer below)
What would be the total work if the process were carried out
reversibly?
-4728.235 J (correct)
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