Hi everyone, I wanted a clarification.
When you increase the volume of a system, does this mean your system is doing work on its surroundings causing the work to be negative?
System Doing Work on Surroundings
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Re: System Doing Work on Surroundings
Yes. w = -PdeltaV and if delta V is a positive, then work is overall negative. This means work is done by the system on its surroundings.
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