isothermal

[Jessica Wakefield 1H]

What does it mean if an equation is isothermal? Is the deltaU definitely going to be 0 or is that only under certain conditions?

[Riya Pathare 2E]

Isothermal equations means that the system does not lose or gain heat. Think of it being in an isolated container

[Sarah Sharma 2J]

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.

[Lily Sperling 1E]

delta U would equal 0 because deltaU = (3/2)nR(deltaT), and since deltaT=0, deltaU is therefore also equal to zero.

[Laura Riccardelli]

Also, since delta U is zero then we also know that q=-w.

[Lily Guo 1D]

If an equation is isothermal, that means there is no heat transfer and therefore no change in temperature.