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isothermal
What does it mean if an equation is isothermal? Is the deltaU definitely going to be 0 or is that only under certain conditions?
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Re: isothermal
Isothermal equations means that the system does not lose or gain heat. Think of it being in an isolated container
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Re: isothermal
To agree with the statement above, isothermal is no exchange of heat or energy. Therefore, the temperature stays constant and Delta T should equal zero.
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Re: isothermal
delta U would equal 0 because deltaU = (3/2)nR(deltaT), and since deltaT=0, deltaU is therefore also equal to zero.
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Re: isothermal
If an equation is isothermal, that means there is no heat transfer and therefore no change in temperature.
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