One mole of an ideal gas whose adiabatic exponent equals γ undergoes a process p = p0 α/V,w here Po and a are positive constants. Find:

Question

One mole of an ideal gas whose adiabatic exponent equals γ undergoes a process p = p0 α/V, where Po and α are positive constants. Find:

(a) heat capacity of the gas as a function of its volume;

(b) the internal energy increment of the gas, the work performed by it, and the amount of heat transferred to the gas, if its volume increased from V1 to V2.

Answer 1

(b) work done is given by