SUMMARY OF EQUATIONS FOR IDEAL GAS CONDITIONS

IDEAL GAS INTERNAL

PROCESS WORK HEAT ENTHALPY
LAW ENERGY
ISOCHORIC
P1T2 = P2T1 W=0 Q=nC v dT ∆ U =Q ∆ H =n C p dT
∆ V =0
ISOBARIC W =−P ∆ V ∆ U =Q+W ∆ H =Q
V1T2 = V2T1 Q=nC p dT
∆ P=0 Q=nR ∆ T ∆ U =n C v dT ∆ H =n C p dT
W =−P ∆ T
V1
ISOTHERMAL W =nRTln
P1V1 = P2V2 V2 Q = -W ∆ U =0 ∆ H =0
∆ P=0
P2
W =nRTln
P1
P1V1k = P2V2k

( )
k−1
T2 V 1
= nR(T 2−T 1) ∆ U =W
ADIABATIC T1 V 2 W= Q=0 ∆ H =n C p dT
K−1 ∆ U =n C v dT
( )
k −1
T2 P 2 1
=
T 1 P1