Monday, 22 February 2016

thermodynamics - Why is $PV^gamma$ constant in an adiabatic process?


In non isolated systems where there is no adiabatic process, $PV$ is constant. But the graph gets steeper in adiabatic process because of the $\gamma$ over the $V$. Why is it there in adiabatic processes and why only over the $V$?





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