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Past exam of the physics B course of the University of Cambridge 2018 Paper 2 Section C C10 Adiabatic temperature and energy changes Solution by
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For the specified increment,Using the adiabat, or its first-order Taylor expansion,This is a very small cooling, about . There is no heat exchange, and the film is stretched against positive surface tension, so the internal energy increases, withThe cooling does not contradict this increase. In the linear model, , soCreation of surface raises the internal energy more than the cooling lowers its temperature-dependent part. The change in surface tension during this tiny temperature fall changes the work only at a negligible higher order.
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