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Homework Statement
A thick walled insulating chamber contains ##n_1## moles of helium gas at a high pressure ##P_1## and temperature ##T_1##. It is allowed to leak out slowly to the atmosphere at a pressure ##P_o## through a small valve. Show that the final temperature of the ##n_2## moles of helium left in the chamber is $$T_2 = T_1\left(\frac{P_0}{P_1}\right)^{1-1/\gamma}\,\,\,\text{with}\,\,\,n_2 = n_1 \left(\frac{P_0}{P_1}\right)^{1/\gamma}$$
Homework Equations
For a reversible adiabatic process, ##P_i V_i^{\gamma} = P_f V_f^{\gamma}##
The Attempt at a Solution
System is insulated from environment => process is adiabatic. Slow release means process reversible and that final pressure of gas in chamber = P0. The eqn is: $$P_1 \left(\frac{n_1 R T_1}{P_1}\right)^{\gamma} = P_0 \left(\frac{n_2 R T_2}{P_0}\right)^{\gamma}$$ Simplifying, $$T_2 = \frac{n_1}{n_2} T_1 \left(\frac{P_0}{P_1}\right)^{1-1/\gamma}$$
This means that, to obtain the given expression, ##n_1 = n_2## but this a) does not make sense and b) is in contradiction to the eqn for ##n_2## in the question.
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