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A piston with a volume of 0.5 m ^ 3 contains 0.9 kg of water at...

A piston with a volume of 0.5 m ^ 3 contains 0.9 kg of water at a pressure of 0.2 MPa. Heat is transferred to the cylinder until the temperature of the steam at constant pressure is 250 ° C. What happens if the change in kinetic and potential energy is neglected?

A piston with a volume of 0.5 m ^ 3 contains 0.9 kg of water at a pressure of 0.2 MPa. Heat is transferred to the cylinder until the temperature of the steam at constant pressure is 250 ° C. What happens if the change in kinetic and potential energy is neglected?

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