10b Polytropic processes

From Stephen Beck July 04, 2019

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Here I show that the polytropic process is a good way of describing changes in condition for closed systems with ideal gasses. I look at different values of the exponent, n. Then I calculate some at heat and work terms. I introduce the idea of an isentropic expansion and show that it is adiabatic.

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10b Polytropic processes

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