Maximum work that could be secured by expanding the gas over a given pressure range is the __________ work.
A. Isothermal
B. Adiabatic
C. Isentropic
D. None of these
Answer: Option A.
Explanation:
The isentropic process is nothing but reversible adiabatic process since between the isothermal and adiabatic process the isothermal process has maximum area under P−V diagram the isothermal process will have maximum work done during expansion. Since the slope of p−v plot for adiabatic process is greater than isothermal process.