Side by side, butt-to-butt, two cylinders of air, of equal volume and equal temperature, but different histories. They are separated by a frictionless sliding divider which is now pegged. Before compression or heating, both started with air at 10 degrees C, and after compression or heating, both arrive at 20 degrees C. The left one has arrived at its present temperature and volume by being compressed, the right-hand one by having its volume set to the same value as the left and then having contents heated. All compartments insulated, all manipulations quasi-static. Now, remove the peg, allowing the partition between the two parts to slide, one way or the other. Which way would it slide and why. What would your explanation be? Please don't read others' answers until you have submitted your own. -- Nicholas S. Thompson Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Ethology Clark University [email protected] https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson
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