phys: clarify pv graph
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- An **isobaric**, **isothermal**, or **isochloric**/**isovolumetric** process have a constant pressure, temperature, or volume, respectively.
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- A **thermodynamic process** induces a change in a gas's temperature, pressure, or volume.
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A **thermodynamic cycle** consists of thermodynamic processes that return a gas to its initial state, and appear in pressure-volume graphs as closed shapes. In such a cycle, the work done is equal to the pressure and change in volume:
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A **thermodynamic cycle** consists of thermodynamic processes that return a gas to its initial state, and appear in pressure-volume graphs as closed shapes. In such a cycle, the work done **on the gas** is equal to the pressure and change in volume:
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$$W=p\Delta V$$
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If the pressure is not constant, the work done is instead the area under the graph in that process.
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