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Two cylinders linked by a narrow tube with a valve, V. Initially V is evacuated. A cylinder, A having VA = 30 liter, is connected to a second cylinder, B, of circular cross-section, as shown in Fig. 3.16. Cylinder B is fitted with a piston of diameter 10cm, which without friction or leaking. Initially A contains an ideal nonatomic gas; in addition, PA = 10 MPa, TA = 300 K, VB=0 and the compression force on the spring is zero. The spring, which Hooke's law, has a force constant of 1 times 10 5 Nm-1. The valve, V, is opened slowly and the gas leaks through from A to B, compressing the spring. Equilibrium is eventually established again at a temperature of 300 K throughout all parts of the system. Assume the pressure on the right-hand side of the piston can be neglected; neglect the volume of the connecting pipe; and assume the heat capacity of the cylinders can be ignored. Calculate the distance by which the spring is compressed in the final equilibrium state. Determine the work done on the gas. calculate the total heat transferred to the gas during this process. Is the process described quasistatic or not? Consider again the system shown in Fig. 3.16. The initial state of the apparatus is described in question 3.6.3. An externally applied cylinder of fixed volume (A) coupled to a cylinder fitted with a piston Initially the valve V is closed, the volume of B is zero, and the com due to the spring is zero. The volume of the connecting tube is
