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  10. What do you mean by isothermal and adiabatic processes?

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  11. The volume of a certain amount of gas changes isothermally from V(1) "...

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  13. The temperature of a gas decreases in an adiabatic expansion. Explain.

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  14. Adiabatic process is essentially a very fast process. Explain.

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  15. Why do two isothermal curves not intersect each other?

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  18. What is meant by a reversible process? Give an example.

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  19. What is meant by a irreversible process? Give an example.

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  20. Write down the conditions of reversibility of a process.

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