Under an adiabatic process
Under an adiabatic process, the volume of an ideal gas gets doubled. Consequently the mean collision time between the gas molecule changes from τ1 to τ2. If CP/CV = γ for this gas then a good estimate for τ2/τ1 is given by
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Under an adiabatic process, the volume of an ideal gas gets doubled. Consequently the mean collision time between the gas molecule changes from τ1 to τ2. If CP/CV = γ for this gas then a good estimate for τ2/τ1 is given by the volume of an ideal gas gets doubled. Consequently the mean collision time [...]