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Chapter 15. Work, Heat, and the First Law of Thermodynamics

Chapter 15. Work, Heat, and the First Law of Thermodynamics. Heat and Work in Ideal-Gas Processes. Consider a gas cylinder sealed at one end by a moveable piston. Assume KE =0 (cylinder not moving) and PE = 0 (cylinder position at y = 0). But since T > 0 kelvin, U int ? 0.

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