Question

5. There are two equal volume partitions in a rigid container. One side of the container is a vacuum. The other side of the container houses 3 kg of water

at 175 kPa at 20 °C. The separator between the two volumes is removed and the water expands to fill the entire container and then is allowed to return to the original value of20 °C. a. Is it possible to do this problem without using boundary work? If so how? b. Draw the P-V Diagram c. What is the total volume of the container? d. What is the final pressure? e. What is the heat transfer for the process?

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