Callen H.B - Thermodynamics And An Introduction To Thermostatistics · Problem 3.4-8

SOME FORMAL RELATIONSHIPS, AND SAMPLE SYSTEMS

Physics — Statistical Mechanics · ideal-gas-free-expansion

Problem

If a monatomic ideal gas is permitted to expand into an evacuated region, thereby increasing its volume from VV to λV\lambda V, and if the walls are rigid and adiabatic, what is the ratio of the initial and final pressures? What is the ratio of the initial and final temperatures? What is the difference of the initial and final entropies?

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