Re: gas in a cylinder.
From: Luis Muzquiz (lmuzquiz_at_udem.net)
Date: 07/10/04
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Date: 10 Jul 2004 14:00:53 -0700
sounds like this guy may be a terrorist
pdraper@yahoo.com (Paul Draper) wrote in message news:<74768d2d.0407020937.78e2e87b@posting.google.com>...
> "Anja" <anja@no.spam.com> wrote in message news:<40e200c0$0$283$edfadb0f@dread12.news.tele.dk>...
> > Assume I have a gas in a cylinder that has a piston as a top. the system is
> > isolated. if I put a mass on top of the piston, then the pressure and
> > temperature inside the cylinder will increase, while the volume will
> > decrease.
> > What is the physics behind the fact that the temperature increases and the
> > volume decreases?
>
> Odd place to post this question. The volume decrease is simply due to
> a force imbalance: there is more force on top of the piston than
> below. Of course, that doesn't last long, because as the pressure
> increases inside (Gradually! NOT at the very instant the weight is
> applied -- perhaps that's your misconception), eventually the two
> equilibrate again and the piston stops moving. It's actually not a
> given that the temperature will increase. It might, it might not --
> depends on the thermal conduction of the cylinder.
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