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Reversible work for a control volume.

Some reversible work calculation for ideal gases undergoing isothermal and
polytropic processes

Comparison of work input for isothermal, isentropic and polytropic processes

On left compression
process from 1 to 2s,
and 1 to the actual
final state 2.
At right expansion
process from 1 to 2s,
and 1 to the actual
final state 2.

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