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One mole of an ideal gas expands reversibly and adiabatically from volume to . Select the correct statement(s).

  1. A
  2. B and
  3. CThe final temperature equals the initial temperature
  4. DThe magnitude of work done by the gas is smaller than in a reversible isothermal expansion from to starting from the same initial state

Answer: A, B, D

Adiabatic means , so ; a reversible adiabatic path has . The gas does work at the expense of internal energy, so falls. In the isothermal case stays constant, the pressure stays higher along the path, and more work is done; hence the statement about smaller work than the isothermal case is true and the statement that the final temperature is unchanged is false.
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