Timeline for Work on ideal gas by piston
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| Sep 14, 2012 at 1:04 | answer | added | Paul J. Gans | timeline score: 1 | |
| Sep 13, 2012 at 23:04 | comment | added | hjhjhgh | So there is no heat gained or lost. The aim is to calculate the work done, I dont now what else to do | |
| Sep 13, 2012 at 22:04 | review | First posts | |||
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| Sep 13, 2012 at 19:39 | comment | added | dmckee --- ex-moderator kitten | What part of this problem is giving you trouble? Do you know the definition of work? Do you understand the sign conventions in use in this system? Do you know the equation of state of an ideal gas? Can you deduce how much heat might be gained or lost during this process? | |
| Sep 13, 2012 at 17:13 | comment | added | hjhjhgh | and determine the distribution of the molecules that collide with the piston. Then you work out energy lost after the collision. You then integrate over the distribution to find the answer. How do you do this? | |
| Sep 13, 2012 at 17:06 | comment | added | hjhjhgh | To work this out I think you will need to use the fact that the gas has a Maxwell–Boltzmann. | |
| Sep 13, 2012 at 17:05 | history | asked | hjhjhgh | CC BY-SA 3.0 |