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for a process to be isothermal temperature must be constant....meansthere must be sufficient time for the heat to be exchanged betweensystem and surroundings so that temp remains constant.... means theprocess needs to be slow if it is to be isothermal and slow processesare always reversible....so there must be nothing like irreversibleisothermal cause it wont be possible.Please tell me where am i wrong?

Nishtha Gupta , 10 Years ago
Grade 12
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Saurabh Singh

Last Activity: 10 Years ago

dear slow processes are not always reversible


for example you can have an isothermal process that is very slow and amount of heat entering can be equal to amount of work being done by the system. Work is a path function so this will lead to irreversibility
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i hope ur doubt is clarified

Thanks & Regards

Saurabh Singh,

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