Vol 5 - Landau Lifshitz Statistical Physics · Problem 43.14

Ideal Gases

Physics — Landau & Lifshitz · minimum-work-isothermal-compression

Problem

Find the minimum work that must be done on an ideal gas in order to compress it from pressure P1P_1 to P2P_2 at a constant temperature equal to that of the surrounding medium (T=T0T = T_0).

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