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2010-10-15, 12:39 AM

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Riyuran Wrote:There's a negative sign because it's a convention. Work is being done on the surroundings by the system, and is therefore negative, just by definition.

Yup. In the first law E= Q-W, you add Q most often than not, and the system does work on whatever, usually gas.[/COLOR]

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