Thursday 10 December 2015

What is meant by Adiabatic process?

                      
                          An adiabatic process is the thermodynamic process in which there is no heat interaction during the process, i.e. during the process, Q = 0. In these processes the work interaction is there at the expense of internal energy. If we talk of adiabatic expansion then it shall mean that work is done at the cost of its own internal energy. The adiabatic process follows the law PVγ = constant where γ is called adiabatic index and is given by the ratio of two specific heats. Thus, it is obvious that adiabatic expansion shall be accompanied by the fall in temperature while temperature will rise during adiabatic compression.

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