Question

The amount of work done in an adiabatic expansion from temperature T to $T_{1}$ is

• A. $R(T - T_{1})$
• B. $\frac{R}{\gamma - 1}(T - T_{1})$
• C. RT
• D. $R(T - T_{1})(\gamma - 1)$

Answer 1

Answer: (B)

$\frac{R}{\gamma - 1}(T - T_{1})$

Answer 2

$W_{adi} = \frac{R}{\gamma - 1}(T_{i} - T_{f}) = \frac{R}{\gamma - 1}(T - T_{1})$