Question

An ideal gas goes through an expansion process where the volume of the gas doubles. Which process will lead to a larger work output, an isothermal process or a polytropic process with n = 1.25?

Answer 1

Answer:

The correct answer is: The process equation is PV^n=C

Explanation:

The isothermal process drops the pressure slower with n=1 and region beneath the curve is smaller then, meanwhile the polytropic process with n=1.25 gets to drop the pressure faster than isothermal.