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Past exam of the physics B course of the University of Cambridge 2018 Paper 2 Section C C10 Reversible adiabats Solution by
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Over the plotted range, approximate the surface tension by with constant positive , and take . A reversible adiabat hasIntegrating givesThe arbitrary fixed reference temperature makes the logarithm dimensionless; changing it only shifts the integration constant. This is the dimensionally precise version of writing as constant. Each term has units of entropy. Between two states,If the graph had substantial curvature, the entropy differential would still hold, but this particular constant- exponential would no longer follow.
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