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For a monatomic ideal gas, . If the expansion is reversible adiabatic, is constant, so
Adiabatic isolation alone does not imply this temperature law. For example, free expansion into vacuum has , so an ideal gas remains at . Thus is the usual intended answer with the additional isentropic assumption; the literal adjective “adiabatic” does not uniquely select it.[ref]

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