energy conversion HW

Homework 7

Please complete pages 17-21 in the Lab Module. Submit the excel sheet once these pages are completed before March 8, 2016. Some parts of the module will be unnecessary to fill out but the questions should be answered. Below are some questions to answer.

1. Graph Pressure vs. Volume for both the isothermal compression (Slow compression) and the adiabatic compression (fast compression).

a. Make sure pressure is on the “y-axis” and volume is on the “x-axis”. b. Label the x and y axis c. Scale the x and y axis appropriately

2. Compare the two graphs. What is the biggest difference between them?

3. Pages 20 – 21 show you how to find the area under the curve for each graph. How does the adiabatic compression compare with the isothermal compression?

4. What does the sign of the work you calculated tell you?