Question

An ideal gas undergoing a polytropic process approaches a process under this constraint as the polytropic index goes to infinity. The heating and cooling in the Stirling cycle is performed under this condition. For a constant number of particles and under this constraint, (15[1])the reciprocal (15[1])of the partial derivative of the entropy with respect to energy defines the absolute temperature. The (*) Helmholtz free energy is defined as the amount of usable work under this constraint. (10[1])No work is performed under this constraint, so the specific heat under this condition is always smaller than the specific heat at constant pressure. For 10 points, (10[1])isochoric processes occur under what thermodynamic constraint, in which the size (-5[1])of the container does not change? ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: constant volume [accept isovolumetric process; accept isochoric process before “isochoric”; accept clear knowledge equivalents like “the volume doesn’t change”]
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Nathan ZhangCornell WindRochester C4215
Darryl WangRochester ARochester C4415
Forrest WeintraubColumbia Ly-αCornell Wind7410
Cade ReinbergerRITRochester B10110
Julian BushlowCornell EarthCornell Fire112-5
Karthik PrasadCornell FireCornell Earth11910

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