Thermodynamic Processes
An ideal gas with pressure , volume and temperature is expanded isothermally to a volume and a final pressure . The same gas is expanded adiabatically to a volume , the final pressure is . In terms of the ratio of the two specific heats for the gas '', the ratio is
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Answer: (b)
- Isothermal: . Adiabatic: .
- So the answer is (b) .