Question

11. A Carnot engine consisting of 1.00 mol of a perfect monoatomic gas operates between Th = 250C and Tc = 00C. This gas has an initial volume of 24.8 liters at 1.00 bar, and when the Carnot cycle is completed, this gas returns to this same initial state. The four steps in the Carnot cycle are: Step 1: An isothermal reversible expansion in which the volume changes to 50.0 liters; Step 2: A reversible adiabatic expansion Step 3: A reversible compression Step 4: A reversible adiabatic compression back to the initial state (a) Calculate q, w, and U for step of the cycle and the overall process.

this is physics chemistry, please show all the step for a better understanding.

Answer 1

​​​​​​1st law of thermodynamics dq=du_dw.. I am using this equation for the above calculation... signed convention is strictly considered..