Problem on van der waals gas equation


Assignment:

The equation of state of one mole of a van der Waals gas is given by

(P+a/(v^2))(V-b) = RT

with a and b are constants.
a) Calculate the work W in an isothermal reversible process when volume changes from V1 to V2.
b) Using the energy equation, show that (du/dV) = a/v^2
c) Calculate the change in internal energy U in the process (a)
d) Calculate the heat exchange in this process
e) Calculate the change in quantity PV.deltaPV
f) Deduce the change in enthalpy

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