25 pts Consider a well insulated horizontal rigid cylinder

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25 pts Consider a well insulated horizontal rigid cylinder that is divided into two compartments by a piston that is free to move but does not allow either gas to leak into the other side The piston is made of 5 kg of copper initially at the average temperature of the two gases at both sides Initially one side of the piston contains 1 m of N gas at 500 Copyright Hill Education Permission required for reproduction or display N 1 m 500 kPa 80 C He 1 m 500 kPa 25 C kPa and 80 C while the other side contains 1 m of He gas at 500 kPa and 25 C Now thermal equilibrium is establishe in the cylinder as a result of heat transfer through the piston Using constant specific heats at room temperature determine a the final equilibrium temperature in the cylinder and b the wasted work potential during this process What would your answer he if the piston were not free to move Take To 25 C