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Consider 10 moles of an ideal polyatomic gas in a container with a frictionless piston. The...

Consider 10 moles of an ideal polyatomic gas in a container with a frictionless piston. The initial pressure is 105 kPascals and initial volume is .3 m3.   The gas is isobarically compressed to .1 m3. Determine the resulting change in entropy of the environment. (assume the temperature of the environment is a constant 28 Celsius)

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a) +453.6 J/K

b) +426.4 J/K

c) +313.8 J/K

d) +349.2 J/K

e) +376.4 J/K

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Problem is solved using ideal gas equation, law of conservation of energy and basic formula for change in entropy.

genius_generous answered 1 year ago
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