Work In Thermodynamic Process
Classical Mechanics
Level
5
A piston is placed inside a cylindrical container, which has adiabatic walls. Initially, the piston divides the container into two equal parts, with volumes each, both containing an ideal gas at a pressure . Then the piston is moved very slowly by an external force till the volume on one side of the piston becomes thrice that on the other side.
Let the work done by in doing so be .
If the heat capacity ratio of is , then find .
Note : Take the piston to be insulating.
by
Pratik Shastri