Constant Pressure VS Constant Volume
Which requires less heat?
Heating an ideal gas at
(1) Constant Volume
(2) Constant Pressure
The same amount of gas is taken in both cases and the temperature upto which the gas is heated is also same in both cases
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1 solution
The molar heat capacity of a gas is less at constant volume than at constant pressure. You can also check this https://brilliant.org/wiki/first-law-of-thermodynamics/