Work done on or by a gas, in general depends upon the | PHYSICS - HEAT, INTERNAL ENERGY AND WORK | SolveeIt | Solveeit

Today, August 19

Question

Work done on or by a gas, in general depends upon the

A

Initial state only

B

Final state only

C

Both initial and final states only

D

Initial state, final state and the path

Answer

Initial state, final state and the path

Explanation

Solution

Work done $= \int_{1}^{2}{PdV}$ , which is state dependent as well as path dependent.