For 10 points, name this type of thermodynamic process involving equal initial and fiÂnal pressures.
An ideal monatomic gas undergoing this type of process has a molar heat capacity given by 5/2 times R, the universal gas constant. Assuming a constant heat capacity, the change in enthalpy of any system during the reversible type of this process equals the heat capacity times the change in temperature and also equals the exchanged heat. The boiler and condenser in the Rankine cycle both undergo this type of process, which is the standard for heat rejection and addition. In the Brayton cycle, adiabatic compression and expansion processes sandwich compression and expansion processes of this type, and the Otto cycle employs a quasistatic type of this process as both its intake and its exhaust strokes. The work done by this type of process is proportional to the change in volume, and this process produces a horizontal line on a P-V diagram. For 10 points, name this type of thermodynamic process involving equal initial and fiÂnal pressures.
An ideal monatomic gas undergoing this type of process has a molar heat capacity given by 5/2 times R, the universal gas constant.
isobaric process [accept constant pressure process or delta P equals zero or other equivalents before "pressures"]