Work done in thermodynamic processes
Laws of thermodynamics · Physics
Gas piston lab
Interactive 3DHeat the gas and watch molecules speed up — pressure obeys the gas laws live.
Controls
Drag the sliders or type a value — the simulation updates live.
K
200K600K
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0.5×2×
Study notes
1 mol of gas at 300 K in a 24.6 L cylinder: P = nRT/V = (1×8.314×300)/0.0246 ≈ 101 kPa. Heat it to 600 K at fixed volume and the pressure doubles to ≈ 202 kPa — the molecules hit the walls twice as hard. Push the temperature slider and watch the particles speed up and redden.