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Adiabatic Index (isentropic expansion factor)

Created by Arthur Aslanyan (Nafta College), last modified on Jun 09, 2019

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Ratio between Isobaric specific heat capacity $\begin{array}{l}c_p\end{array}$ and Isochoric specific heat capacity $\begin{array}{l}c_V\end{array}$ :

$\begin{array}{l}\displaystyle \gamma = \frac{c_p}{c_V}\end{array}$

It is also denoted as $\begin{array}{l}\kappa\end{array}$ (kappa).

See also

Physics / Thermodynamics / Thermodynamic process

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