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in chemistry FOR WORK DONE by systm we use w=-PdV.bt in phs W=PdV.why????.............


in chemistry FOR WORK DONE by systm we use w=-PdV.bt in phs W=PdV.why????.............


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neeraj agarwal
34 Points
10 years ago
it`s only the sign convention , nothing new is done here. we use work done by the system in physics so we write W = - Pext dV but in chemistry we use work done on the system W = Pext dv

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