adiabatic process
Let an agent explain adiabatic processes and their equations, distinguish adiabatic from isothermal and isentropic processes, relay applications in engines, atmosphere and sound, and help compute adiabatic changes.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain adiabatic processes and their equations, distinguish adiabatic from isothermal and isentropic processes, relay applications in engines, atmosphere and sound, and help compute adiabatic changes.
A thermodynamic process in which no heat is exchanged between a system and its surroundings, so that changes in internal energy come only from work, as in the rapid expansion or compression of a gas, the rise of air parcels in the atmosphere and the compression stroke of an engine; a reversible adiabatic process is isentropic, and the adiabatic relations between pressure, volume and temperature underlie engine cycles, meteorology and acoustics.
What it is for: Describing energy changes without heat exchange.
It can be explain the concept and equations; distinguish from related processes; relay applications; compute adiabatic changes.
Distinguishing features
Zero heat transfer
Work changes internal energy
Isentropic when reversible
Steeper than isotherms
What it looks like
Not a visible object; curves on pressure-volume diagrams steeper than isotherms.
Physical character
adiabatic relation: P V to the gamma is constant formula - ideal gas, reversible
dry adiabatic lapse rate: about 9.8 K/km - in the atmosphere
How it is recognised
No heat exchange with surroundings
Reversible case is isentropic
Isothermal processes keep temperature constant; isentropic processes keep entropy constant
Related models
is a kind of - in registry terms
is contrasted with - constant temperature
is related to - the reversible case
is used in - as two of its steps
In practice
Families and kinds
reversible adiabatic or isentropic processes
irreversible adiabatic processes such as free expansion
adiabatic expansion and compression
adiabatic processes in the atmosphere and lapse rates
adiabatic approximations in quantum mechanics as a related use
Standards and regulation
No regulation; standard thermodynamics conventions
Failure modes and hazards
Confusing adiabatic with isothermal or isentropic
Applying ideal gas relations outside validity
Sign convention errors
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Also registered as vr.tr.adiabatic-process
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Define What an adiabatic process is.
Science.
Definition
Definition and distinctions.
Definition
Definition.
- What is an adiabatic process, and how does it differ from isothermal and isentropic processes? definition
- Is the process adiabatic, isothermal, isentropic or something else? boundary
Equations
Equations.
Equations
Equations.
- What relations govern reversible adiabatic changes of an ideal gas? definition
- Which entry fits the heat capacity ratio? action
Compute Computation.
Computation.
Calculate
Calculating changes.
Calculate
Calculate.
- How are final temperature, pressure and work computed for an adiabatic change? action
- What is the result for the values in question? measurement
Irreversible
Irreversible cases.
Irreversible
Irreversible.
- How do irreversible adiabatic processes such as free expansion differ? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Apply Applications.
Application.
Engines
Engines and cycles.
Engines
Engines.
- How do adiabatic steps appear in Carnot, Otto and Diesel cycles? provenance
- Which entry fits thermodynamic cycle? action
Atmosphere
Atmosphere and sound.
Atmosphere
Atmosphere.
- How do adiabatic lapse rates and the speed of sound depend on adiabatic behaviour? provenance
- Which entry fits lapse rate? action
Context History and teaching.
Context.
History
History.
History
History.
- How did the adiabatic concept develop with Laplace, Poisson and Carnot? provenance
- Which entry fits the history of thermodynamics? action
Teach
Teaching.
Teach
Teaching.
- How are adiabatic processes taught, and which misconceptions arise? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
What the second pass must settle
- Should isentropic process be a separate primary entry?
- How should thermodynamics references be linked?
- How should the quantum adiabatic theorem be cross-referenced?