Testing the ideal gas law; 9.6 Speed distribution of particles; 9.7 Skills for analy...

Testing the ideal gas law; 9.6 Speed distribution of particles; 9.7 Skills for analyzing processes using the ideal gas law

The P-versus-T graph in Figure P9.55 describes a cyclic process comprising four hypothetical parts. (a) What happens to the pressure of the gas in each part? (b) What happens to the temperature of the gas in each part? (c) What happens to the volume of the gas in each part? (d) Explain each part microscopically. (e) Use the information from (a)–(c) to represent the same parts in P-versus-V and V -versus-Tgraphs. [Hint: It helps to align the P-versus-V graph beside the P-versus-T graph using the same P values on the ordinate (vertical axes) and to place the V-versus-Tgraph below the P-versus-T graph using the same T values on the abscissa (horizontal axes). This helps keep the same scale for the variables.]