Work of Reversible Isothermal Compression

Suppose 0.01 of an ideal gas is compressed from 20.1 liters to 10.3 liters isothermally (at 100oC) and reversibly. What is the amount of work done on the gas?

What's your answer? Choose your answer in scientific notation, i.e.,
± x.yzE{± ab}, and then press the submit query button (below).

. E{ }
ergsliter-atmcal



©Prentice-Hall, Inc
A Simon & Schuster Company
Upper Saddle River, New Jersey 07458

Legal Statement
Carl W. David
Department of Chemsitry
University of Connecticut
Storrs, Connecticut 06269-4060
(860)486-3217
david@uconnvm.uconn.edu