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Why can a gas during sudden free expansion into vacuum not be described by state variables?
AIts mass changes
BIt does no work
CIt lacks equilibrium
DIts volume is fixed
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. It lacks equilibrium
During rapid free expansion the pressure is not uniform, so the gas is not in an equilibrium state.
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