Carnot cycle models: Piston/cylinder, PVT surface.

4F30.95 • C+10+0

diagram for demo

Carnot Cycle Models: PVT Surface, Piston/Cylinder. Three dimensional model to Illustrate the four steps of the Carnot Cycle. The cycle starts as 1 mole of an ideal gas at 546 deg K and 2 atm. pressure, expanding isothermally to become 44.8 liters at 1 atm., then expanding adiabatically to 273 deg K, then compressing isothermally, then adiabatically to the original volume. Simple piston and lucite cylinder to use in connection with the 3-D Model.

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