Problem 1 An engine piston-cylinder assembly contains gas at a pressure of 96 kPa. The gas is compressed according to p = aV + b where a = -1200 kPa/m3 and b = 600 kPa. Determine the work done on the gas during this process if the final pressure is 456 kPa.

Describe one experiment in which the glass transition temperature and melting temperature of a totally amorphous thermoplastic material can be determined. show the relevant experimental results in a diagram which should be properly annotated with the two temperatures clearly marked. what is likely to happen to the curve in the diagram if the amorphous polymer is replaced by a thermosetting type?