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isochoric

  • a word derived from isochor.
    isochor
    noun
    a line on a graph showing the variation of the temperature of a fluid with its pressure, when the volume is kept constant
  • a word derived from isochore.
    isochore
    noun
    Also isochor for a given substance, a curve graphing temperature against pressure, when the volume of the substance is held constant.

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Examples should include P–V diagrams — isochoric process, isothermal process, isobaric process, adiabatic process.

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Is the same true for isobaric and isochoric processes?

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Since volume is constant, ΔV = 0 , and no work is done in an isochoric process.

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Among them are the isobaric, isochoric, isothermal and adiabatic processes.

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Paths BC and DA are isochoric and accomplish similar results to the ignition and exhaust-intake portions, respectively, of the internal combustion engine's cycle.

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