Consider All Possible Isothermal Contractions of an Ideal Gas

question 27

Multiple Choice

Consider all possible isothermal contractions of an ideal gas.The entropy of the gas:

• A)does not change for any of them
• B)does not decrease for any of them
• C)does not increase for any of them
• D)increases for all of them
• E)decreases for all of them

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