Sunday, May 20, 2018

thermodynamics - Calculation of entropy for an isothermal irreversible expansion


How do I calculate the entropy change for an irreversible isothermal expansion against pext=p0?


For a reversible isothermal expansion we know δSuni=0 so δSsys=δSsurr=nRlnVfVi


However I can't figure out why δSsys=nRlnVfVi remains for irreversible expansion.


I also found out an equation for irreversible expansion δSuni=qrev/Tqirrev/T Is it correct? If yes? Can you explain how do we get it?


Edit


Is this correct ?



δSuni=δSsys+δsurr


δSsys=qrevT


δSsurr=qirrevT=pextδV/T




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