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The general law of expansion or compression is pvn = C, The process is said to be hyperbolic, if n is equal to

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Rajesh Chauhan
Rajesh Chauhan 6 years ago
When n = 1, then pv = Constant, i.e. the expansion or compression is isothermal or hyperbolic.
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