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A piston/cylinder contains water at 500°C, 3 MPa. It is cooled in a polytropic process to 200°C, 1 MPa. Find the polytropic exponent and the specific work in the process.

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Polytropic process: Pvn = C

Both states must be on the process line: P2v2 n = C = P1vn1

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