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AP Physics 2
9.4 The First Law of Thermodynamics
9.2 The Ideal Gas Law
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Pressure versus volume for the expansions of Sample 1 and Sample 2.
Pressure versus volume for the expansions of Sample 1 and Sample 2.
Two identical samples of a monatomic ideal gas, Sample 1 and Sample 2, each contain the same number of moles and begin at an initial state with pressure \(P_0\) and volume \(V_0\). Both samples expand to a final volume of \(3V_0\). Sample 1 expands isobarically at constant pressure \(P_0\), while Sample 2 expands along a straight-line path on a pressure-versus-volume (\(PV\)) diagram to a final state with pressure \(\dfrac{1}{3}P_0\) and volume \(3V_0\). What is the ratio of the net thermal energy transferred into Sample 2 by heating to that transferred into Sample 1 by heating, \(\dfrac{Q_2}{Q_1}\)?

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