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Heat Engines & PV Diagrams
23. The Second Law of Thermodynamics / Heat Engines & PV Diagrams / Problem 7

A thermal engine undergoes a cyclic process that consists of three steps and utilizes 1.5 mol of neon gas as its operating fluid. The engine's pV diagram is given below. Determine the engine's efficiency.
pV diagram of a thermal engine with points A, B, C and temperatures for efficiency calculation.

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