Ideal Gas in a Piston
This app simulates an ideal gas within a piston. Place your mouse over the system variables below to see a detailed descriptions of each.
To make sure the system is not over or under defined, two of the locks on the system must be in place. For example, the system can be adiabatic and isomolar (not heat flux, and constant moles), but it could not also be isothermal (constant temperature) and change from one state to another. Click on locks to lock or unlock properties, and click and drag to move various properties or the piston. Click on a variable symbol to solve for an unknown value of that variable.
Piston Containing an Ideal Gas
University of Utah - Department of Chemical Engineering
by Anthony Butterfield
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