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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. (-5[1])For a constant (-5[1])number of particles and under this constraint, (-5[1])the reciprocal 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. No work is performed under this constraint, (-5[1])so the specific heat (-5[1])under this condition is always smaller than the specific heat at constant pressure. (10[1])For 10 points, isochoric processes (10[1])occur under (10[1])what thermodynamic constraint, (10[2])in which the size of the container does not change? (10[1])■END■ (10[1]0[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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