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sengihantq

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2022-09-01

Is it possible to compress gas without making it hotter?

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Rachael Singh

Beginner2022-09-02Added 4 answers

Consider an ideal gas at

300 K

at a pressure of 1 atm. The ideal gas law gives a density of about

2 \times 10^{25}

. So you'd expect that you'd be able to move the piston a distance of about

1 / λ = 5 \times 10^{- 22} m

before it collides with a gas particle. This is an incredibly tiny distance, about

10^{- 6}

times the size of a proton. The upshot is that it's practically impossible for the situation you're describing to occur. As soon as you move the piston at all, it will collide with a gas particle.

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