Learning Objectives

• Use the following relations to determine the pressure, volume, and temperature at an initial and final state using each process:
  • [latex]\dfrac{PV}{T} =[/latex] constant for any process with an ideal gas where the amount of the gas doesn’t change
  • [latex]PV =[/latex] constant for an isothermal process with an ideal gas
  • [latex]\dfrac{P}{T} =[/latex] constant for an isochoric process with an ideal gas
  • [latex]\dfrac{V}{T} =[/latex] constant for an isobaric process with an ideal gas
  • [latex]PV^{\gamma} =[/latex] constant for an adiabatic process with an ideal gas
• Identify the four thermodynamic processes on a PV diagram.