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Work done in adiabatic process irreversible and reversible

Work done for adiabatic reversible process is $$(P_1V_1 - P_2V_2)/(γ-1)$$ but this is also the work done for adiabatic irreversible process. How?
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The work and reversibility of an adiabadically stretched band

I currently working on this. More specifically I have a question about Problem 2.8 (solution on page 34 and exercise on page 25 of the pdf). I have 4 questions 1. In the solution for b) the author ...
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Is there an equivalent of "adiabatic" for work (i.e. a workless transformation)?

In Fermi's Thermodynamics (1937), Chapter I, §1, he defines an isochore transformation as a transformation during which the system performs no external work He then discusses the case where the ...
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Why the irreversible work carried in an adiabatic condition never causes change in internal energy?

I saw the lecture of thermodynamics on the MIT opencourse ware . In that lecture , the professor said that change in internal energy in an adiabtic process is caused by only reversible work , and not ...
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How to calculate work for irreversible adiabatic processes?

By the first law, we know $\text{d}U=\delta Q+\delta W$ and, on adiabats, we know $\text{d} U=\delta W$. But what is $\delta W$ for irreversible adiabatic processes? Take a thermally isolated ...
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Why does the reversible adiabatic expansion do more work on the surroundings compared to the irreversible adiabatic expansion?

I am wondering why a reversible adiabatic expansion results in a higher work output on the surroundings though the irreversible adiabatic expansion has to overcome the frictional force and therefore, ...