Essential University Physics: Volume 1 (3rd Edition)

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Chapter 18 - Exercises and Problems - Page 332: 57

Answer

$T_2=384K$ Thus, the pump misses the criterion.

Work Step by Step

We know that for adiabatic process $T_1V_1^{\gamma-1}=T_2V_2^{\gamma-1}$ This can be rearranged as: $T_2=T_1(\frac{V_1}{V_2})^{\gamma-1}$ We plug in the known values to obtain: $T_2=291(2)^{1.4-1}=384K$
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