What is a Process Path?
Mathematically, a
process path
can be expressed as an equation for P as a function of V.
We can plug this path equation into the integral above in order to determine the
work
done in aquasi-equilibrium process
.Any two states can be connected by an infinite number of different
Some types of
process paths
.Some types of
process paths
are common. Others are used as benchmark cases for comparison with real processes. We will considerisothermal processes
andpolytropic processes
in the following pages.
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