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Why does the temperature of a gas decrease, when it is allowed to expand adiabatically?

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For an adiabatic change, the first law of thermodynamics may be expressed as

dU + PdV = 0

or, −PdV = dU …(i)

During expansion, dV is + ve. Therefore the equation (i) will hold, if dU is −ve, i.e., temperature decreases.



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