Adiabatic reversible compression: a molecular view
Abstract: The adiabatic compression (or expansion) of an ideal gas has been analysed. Using the kinetic theory of gases the usual relation between temperature and volume is obtained, while textbooks follow a thermodynamic approach. In this way we show once again the agreement between a macroscopic view (thermodynamics) and a microscopic one (kinetic theory).
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