What is the theoretical maximum amount of work that could be done by a gas in a piston expanding from 10 L to 20 L (pressure of the surrounding atmosphere is 100 KPa)? What assumptions do you have to make to achieve this theoretical maximum? How much heat must be added in this scenario?
If this is an isothermal process then W=Q but I am not sure how to tell all these processes apart and how to solve this. So the pressure is constant at 100kPa (but the thing is expanding, so that is confusing) and temperature is constant (as it is not mentioned) so the volume is changing. How do find a theoretical max work and how much heat is added?