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Show that the work done
W
W
W
by one mole of an ideal gas in a reversible adiabatic expansion from an initial temperature
T
i
T_i
T
i
to a final temperature
T
f
T_f
T
f
is given by
W
=
R
(
T
i
−
T
f
)
γ
−
1
.
W = \frac{R\,(T_i - T_f)}{\gamma - 1}.
W
=
γ
−
1
R
(
T
i
−
T
f
)
.
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