
Work done and Heat Transferred
Applying the first law of thermodynamics to the process
dU = dQ - dW
Replacing dW with the reversible work
dU = dQ - PdV
The volume will change as the gas is heated at constant pressure. To make calculations more straight forward, use ENTHALPY, H
H = U + PV
dH = dU + PdV + VdP
rearrange for dU
dU = dH - PdV - VdP
and substitute into the first law
dH - PdV - VdP = dQ - PdV
the PdV terms cancel out and since pressure is constant dP = 0, so that
dH = dQ
The definition of the specific heat at constant pressure
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is used to replace dH in the first law
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During a constant pressure process, heat is added or removed and the temperature and volume change. The volume at the end of the process can be found using the ideal gas law and the work calculated from
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Entropy Change
Starting with the first law expression for the process
dH = dQ
and replacing dH from the definition of specific heat at constant pressure and Dq from the definition of entropy
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