A gas may expand either adiabatically or isothermally. A number of $P-V$ curves are drawn for the two processes over different range of pressure and volume. It will be found that
  • A
    An adiabatic curve and an isothermal curve may intersect
  • B
    Two adiabatic curves do not intersect
  • C
    Two isothermal curves do not intersect
  • D
    All of these
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