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PRACTICE / Adiabatic processes
Cooling without heat exchange
A monatomic ideal gas expands reversibly and adiabatically to eight times its original volume. Its initial temperature is 400 K and γ = 5/3.
Find its final temperature.
Organize the givens & assumptions
- T₁ = 400 K
- V₂/V₁ = 8
- γ = 5/3
Monatomic ideal gas with constant γ = 5/3; reversible quasistatic adiabatic expansion; no heat exchange.
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