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.](https://lightcat-files.s3.amazonaws.com/problem_images/72f58ad9cba0f2c7-1681496358281.jpg)
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