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Please show full work detail. How much work must be done on 1.2 moles of an...

Please show full work detail.

How much work must be done on 1.2 moles of an ideal gas at 430 K to reduce its volume by a factor of 0.19 (i.e., Vf = 0.19 Vi) at constant temperature?

Give your answer in Joules, as a positive number (the external work must be positive to compress a gas), to three signficant digits.

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workdone = nRTlnV2/V1 = 1.2*8.314*430*ln0.19 = -7124.58 J or 7.125 kJ

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