Suppose that 1.00 kJ of energy is transferred as heat to oxygen in a cylinder fitted with a piston; the external pressure is 2.00 atm. The oxygen expands from 1.00 L to 3.00 L against this constant pressure. Calculate w and U for the entire process by treating the O2 as an ideal gas.
I got an answer of -404 kJ. Is this correct? If not, how am I supposed to go about doing this problem?
Self-Test 8.6B
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Re: Self-Test 8.6B
Your answer is the work and for the change in internal energy, you need to add the heat transferred into the system
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