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What process is it when the polytropic index $n$ is equal to $- infty$?

Physics Asked by Chimaobi Edozie on March 28, 2021

From
$$Pv^n = mathrm{constant}$$
When $n = – infty$
What kind of process is it….
Eg… When $n= infty$,
It is constant volume….

Therefore when $n =- infty$
What is constant?

One Answer

begin{align} P v^{-infty} &= K frac{P}{v^infty} &= K frac{v^infty}{P} &= frac{1}{K} v^inftyfrac{1}{P} &= underbrace{frac{1}{K}}_{K'} end{align} Variations in $v$ get scaled by an exponent of $infty$ and are therefore infinitely more important in determining whether the result is $K'$ than variations in $1/P$ are. The process is still constant volume.

Answered by user1476176 on March 28, 2021

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