Friday, April 14, 2006

HW #7 - P #1 - Entropy Change for an Adiabatic Process - 1 pt

A piston-and-cylinder device contains superheated steam. During an actual adiabatic process, the entropy of the steam will (never, sometimes, always) increase.

3 comments:

Dr. B said...

Anon email:
Maybe the problem staement would be more clear if it read...
A piston-and-cylinder device contains superheated steam. During an actual process that is adiabatic, the entropy of the steam will (never, sometimes, always) increase.

Anonymous said...

I think Never.

Dr. B said...

Anonymous:
Correct!