A cylinder contains 0.300 mol of an ideal gas. The cylinder has a movable piston on top, which is free to slide up and down, and which keeps the gas pressure constant. The piston's mass is 8,000 g and its circular contact area with the gas is 5.00 cm2. (a) Find the work (in J) done on the gas as the temperature of the gas is raised from 25.0°C to 310°C.  J

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A cylinder contains 0.300 mol of an ideal gas. The cylinder has a movable piston on top, which is free to slide up and down, and which keeps the gas pressure constant. The piston's mass is 8,000 g and its circular contact area with the gas is 5.00 cm2.
(a)
Find the work (in J) done on the gas as the temperature of the gas is raised from 25.0°C to 310°C.
 J
(b)
What does the sign of your answer to part (a) indicate?
The gas does positive work on its surroundings.The surroundings do positive work on the gas.    There is no work done, by the gas or the surroundings.
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