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What is an adiabatic system? Is this an isolated system?

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An adiabatic system is a closed system which can exchange serveral forms of energy (e.g., work) but not heat with its surroundings. It is not an isolated system as an isolated system cannot exhchange either matter or energy with its surroundings.
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  • A system is said to be an isolated system when it is

    A
    incapable of exchanging energy with the surroundings
    B
    incapable of exchanging matter with the surroundings
    C
    incapable of exchanging both matter and energy with the surroundings
    D
    none of these

  • In a clockwise system

    A
    `hatjxxhatj=1`
    B
    `hatk*hati=1`
    C
    `hatjxxhatk=hati`
    D
    `hati*hati=0`

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