MCQ
A gas performs minimum work when it expands:
- AAdiabatically.
- BIsothermally.
- CIsobarically.
- DIsochorically.
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Answer
- Isochorically.
Explanation:
In isochoric process, V = constant, dV = 0
dW = P(dv) = 0 and hence minimum.
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