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Two moles of an ideal gas initially at 27C and 1 atm pressure are compressed isothermally and reversibly till the final pressure of the gas is 10 atm. Calculate the work done. (R=8.314 JK-1mol-1)
w = nRTln(V2/V1)
and since work is being done on the gas the sign of w is +.

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