At 04:42 PM 10/30/2005 -0500, you wrote:
>A recent discussion with a colleague left me looking for a formula to
>calculate the temperature of a given gas as a function of volume.
>
>I understand PV=nRT, but what if I only change the volume and want to
>calculate both the new temp and pressure? I expect there's an equation that
>relates specific heat, temperature and volume, but I haven't been able to
>find it with google (probably a bad choice of search terms), a little help?

Try adding "adiabatic" to your search terms.

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