Define the Cylinders and Heat Bath?
Regard as a cylinder 1 m long with a thin, massless piston clamped in such a manner that it divides the cylinder into two equal parts. The cylinder is into a large heat bath at T =300 K. The left side of the cylinder enclose 1 mole of helium gas at 4 atm. The right enclose helium gas at a pressure of 1 atm. Let the piston be free.
a) What is its final equilibrium position?
b) How much heat will be conveying to the bath in the process of equilibration? (Note that R=8.3J/moleK.)