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    An isothermal process is a type of thermodynamic process in which the temperature T of a system remains constant: ΔT = 0. This typically occurs when a...
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    applies: n = 1 {\displaystyle n=1} for an isothermal process, n = γ {\displaystyle n=\gamma } for an isentropic process. Where γ {\displaystyle \gamma } is...
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    the thermodynamic system and its environment. Unlike an isothermal process, an adiabatic process transfers energy to the surroundings only as work and/or...
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    with an efficiency of 100%, it is totally isothermal. Typically with a near-isothermal process, an isothermal efficiency of 90–95% can be expected. Hybrid...
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    as the definition of the isobaric heat capacity. A system undergoing a process at constant volume implies that no expansion work is done, so the heat...
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  • on a geographic map Isotherm – in thermodynamics, a curve on a P-V diagram for an isothermal process Moisture sorption isotherm – a curve giving the...
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    meaning "space." Isobaric process Adiabatic process Cyclic process Incompressible flow Isothermal process Polytropic process Ansermet, J.-P., Brechet,...
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    perfect isothermal compression. For an isothermal process, n {\displaystyle n} is 1, so the value of the work integral for an isothermal process is: W =...
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    isentropic process. Isothermal compression. Heat is transferred reversibly to the low temperature reservoir at a constant temperature TC (isothermal heat rejection)...
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    d V = 0 {\displaystyle W_{1-2}=\int PdV=0} Constant temperature: Isothermal processes, W 1 − 2 = ∫ P d V , {\displaystyle W_{1-2}=\int P\,dV,} where P...
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  • constant Isobaric process, in which the pressure stays constant Isochoric process, in which volume stays constant Isothermal process, in which temperature...
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    their T–s diagram. An isentropic process is depicted as a vertical line on a T–s diagram, whereas an isothermal process is a horizontal line. Carnot cycle...
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  • method that allows for the joining of multiple DNA fragments in a single, isothermal reaction. It is named after its creator, Daniel G. Gibson, who is the...
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    thermodynamic conjugate variable to entropy, thus the conjugate process would be an isothermal process, in which the system is thermally "connected" to a constant-temperature...
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    meaning "weight." Adiabatic process Cyclic process Isochoric process Isothermal process Polytropic process Isenthalpic process "First Law of Thermodynamics"...
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    given by K S = γ P . {\displaystyle K_{S}=\gamma P.} Similarly, an isothermal process of an ideal gas has: P V = constant ⇒ P ∝ 1 V ∝ ρ , {\displaystyle...
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    through the pair of isotherms. This makes sense since all the work done by the cycle is done by the pair of isothermal processes, which are described...
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    consists of the following steps: Reversible isothermal expansion of the gas at the "hot" temperature, TH (isothermal heat addition or absorption). During this...
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    and 3 are isothermal, whereas processes 2 and 4 are isochoric. The PV diagram is a particularly useful visualization of a quasi-static process, because...
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    change associated with any condensed system undergoing a reversible isothermal process approaches zero as the temperature at which it is performed approaches...
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    (ideally) be made out of 3 or more processes (typically 4). The processes can be any of these: isothermal process (at constant temperature, maintained...
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    sound wave compression and expansion of air is an adiabatic process, not an isothermal process). This error was later rectified by Pierre-Simon Laplace....
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    thermodynamic processes are defined such that one of the gas properties (P, V, T, S, or H) is constant throughout the process. For a given thermodynamic process, in...
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  • Massieu for the isothermal process (both quantities differs just with a figure sign) and by then Planck for the isothermal-isobaric process. More recently...
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    (also called isometric/isovolumetric) Isothermal process: occurs at a constant temperature Steady state process: occurs without a change in the internal...
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    an isothermal process if the temperature was increased at a slow enough rate. Another path in this process is an isometric process. This is a process where...
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    thermodynamic system at a constant temperature (isothermal). The change in the Helmholtz energy during a process is equal to the maximum amount of work that...
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  • Loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) is a single-tube technique for the amplification of DNA for diagnostic purposes and a low-cost alternative...
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    energies, based on quantum dynamical principles. For a reversible isothermal process, ΔS = qrev/T and therefore the definition of A results in Δ A = Δ...
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    dissolved solid to a surface. This process creates a film of the adsorbate on the surface of the adsorbent. This process differs from absorption, in which...
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