A system is
said to go through a thermodynamic process if its thermodynamic state is
altered. We are especially interested in processes with thermodynamic initial
and final states while studying equilibrium thermodynamics.
states of equilibrium. Since the process requires removing the system from its
initial equilibrium state, the intermediate states cannot all be equilibrium
states. This is the result of a gas expanding freely. A gas fills one of the
two compartments in a container containing two compartments, while the other is
left empty. When the wall between the compartments is removed, the gas expands
unrestrictedly, and eventually the balance is reestablished in a situation
where the gas
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