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Imagine a gas made up entirely of negatively charged electrons. Like charges repel, the electrons exert repulsive forces on each other. Would you expect that the temperature of such a gas would rise, fall, or stay the same in a free expansion? Why?

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There will be a fall in the temperature of the gas.

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Step 1:

In the expansion, the repulsive force between the electrons would do positive work as electrons move apart.

O~=0and W > 0 so U > 0 and temperature would fall.

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Step 2:

Therefore, the temperature of the gas will fall.

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