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Carl McBride (talk | contribs) (New page: The mechanical '''work''', ''W'', performed in ''compressing'' a gas is given by :<math>W = - \int_\alpha^\beta p ~dV</math> where <math>\alpha</math> and <math>\beta</math> are points i...) |
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Revision as of 12:34, 21 June 2007
The mechanical work, W, performed in compressing a gas is given by
where and are points in state space, p is the pressure and V is the volume.