Calculate the Minimum Work Required to Compress 2

question 19

Multiple Choice

Calculate the minimum work required to compress 2.9 mol of an ideal monatomic gas from 48.4 L to 17.0 L at 22°C.

• A) 11.2  10³ J
• B) 5.5  10² J
• C) 7.4  10³ J
• D) -11.2  10³ J
• E) 2.6  10² J

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