You have an ideal gas in a container fitted with a

Chapter 10, Problem 10.2

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You have an ideal gas in a container fitted with a frictionless, massless piston. What if you add a weight to the top of the piston? We would expect the gas to be compressed at constant temperature. For these to be true, DS would be negative (since the gas is compressed), and DH would be zero (since the process is at constant temperature). This would make DG positive. Does this mean the isothermal compression of the gas is not spontaneous? Defend your answer.

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