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Interesting that John M is once again faced with an incredulous audience,
..If one envisions a
cylinder that is absolutely impervious to any energy transfer
through its walls, fitted with a piston and containing Nitrogen
only, and a stop inside the cylinder that prevents the piston from
compressing the gas to less than half its original volume - and
then one applies a force with one's hand to push the piston to the
stop in 10 seconds - and then repeat with identical apparatus but
do the compression in 0.001 seconds, and then let the two pieces of
apparatus sit for a while until all waves. etc., dissipate, will
there be any difference in their final states
Yes.
- and specifically what?
The final volumes are identical, will the final temperatures and
pressure be higher?
Both will be higher than they would have been had the process been
quasistatic.
See above.
JM