Callen H.B - Thermodynamics And An Introduction To Thermostatistics · Problem 7.4-3

STABILITY OF THERMODYNAMIC SYSTEMS

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

Problem

Evaluate the change in temperature in an infinitesimal free expansion of a simple ideal gas (equation 7.51). Does this result also hold if the change in volume is comparable to the initial volume? Can you give a more general argument for a simple ideal gas, not based on equation 7.51?

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