It is desired to bring about a certain change in the state of a system by performing work on the system under adiabatic conditions. (GATE-1998-2.17) (a) The amount of work needed is path-dependent (b) Work alone cannot bring about such a change of state (c) The amount of work needed is independent of path (d) More information is needed to conclude anything about the path dependence or otherwise the work needed

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It is desired to bring about a certain change in the state of a system by performing work on the system under adiabatic conditions. (GATE-1998-2.17)

(a) The amount of work needed is path-dependent

(b) Work alone cannot bring about such a change of state

(c) The amount of work needed is independent of path

(d) More information is needed to conclude anything about the path dependence or

otherwise the work needed

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