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Offline s.p.q.r

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Ideal Gases and "Work"
« on: July 12, 2007, 07:29:02 AM »
Hi

When I read up on ideal gases I always find people talking about work extracted from ideal gases. But what kind of work are they talking about?

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Re: Ideal Gases and "Work"
« Reply #1 on: July 12, 2007, 01:32:33 PM »
Usually pressure-volume work.  For example, a gas pushing against a pistion to move the crankshaft of an engine.
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