Exploring PV Diagrams

Author:
Tom Walsh
The graph shows the pressure and volume of an ideal monatomic gas. A single process is shown, the process takes the gas linearly from a pressure and volume at point C to a pressure and volume at point D. Move points C and D to see how their positions affect the work done on the gas (W on), the change in internal energy of the gas (∆U), and the heat added to the gas (Q added).