How do you calculate work for isothermal processes?
1 Answer
Jul 18, 2017
The basic premise is constant temperature. For ideal gases, the change in internal energy
#overbrace(cancel(DeltaU))^("0 for "DeltaT = 0) = q + w#
And the work
#ul(w = -q)#
This is the simplest case, and is shown here in further detail.