Problem 1.36 (Schroeder’s Intro to Thermal Physics)

Problem 1.36

In the course of pumping up a bicycle tire, a liter of air at atmospheric pressure is compressed adiabatically to a pressure of 7 atm. (Air is mostly diatomic nitrogen and oxygen.)

(a) What is the final volume of this air after compression?
(b) How much work is done in compressing the air?
(c) If the temperature of the air is initially 300 K, what is the temperature after compression?

Solution:

Problem 1.36

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