A metal cylinder has a base area of A = 0.01 m² and is fitted with a piston that can freely move. The cylinder is filled with n = 0.055 mol of an ideal gas that has a pressure P = 104000 Pa, volume V = 0.0012 m³, and a temperature of T = ?. The gas is then taken through the four-step process below:
State 1: The gas is in contact with an ice-water bath, keeping the gas at T₁ = 273 K. A metal block of mass m = 42 kg is placed on top of the piston, compressing the gas to State 2.
State 2: The block is still on the piston, and the ice-water bath is removed. Instead, a boiling water bath is put in contact with the cylinder, raising the gas temperature to T₂ = 100 °C.
State 3 + 4: The block is then removed from the piston, and the gas expands to State 4 while still in contact with the boiling water bath, keeping the gas at T₃ = 100 °C.
State 4 + 1: Finally, the boiling water bath is removed and replaced by the ice-water bath, and the gas temperature is brought back down to T₄ = ?.
For each process below, circle one process type:
The process from State 1 to State 2: isothermal, isobaric, isovolumetric, adiabatic.
The process from State 2 to State 3: isothermal, isobaric, isovolumetric, adiabatic.
The process from State 3 to State 4: isothermal, isobaric, isovolumetric, adiabatic.
The process from State 4 to State 1: isothermal, isobaric, isovolumetric, adiabatic.