An ideal gas is allowed to expand adiabatically. Assume the process is reversible. The change in entropy is

a. 0
b. nR ln (V2/V1)
c. nR ln (T2/T1)
d. kn ln (V2/V1)
e. kn ln (T2/T1)


a

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