A piston-cylinder device initially contains 0.4 m 3 of air (to be treated as an ideal gas) at 100 kPa and 80°C. The air is now isothermally compressed to 0.1 m 3 . The work done during this process is ___________ kJ. (Take the sign convention such that work done on the system is negative)

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A piston-cylinder device initially contains 0.4 m³ of air (to be treated as an ideal gas) at 100 kPa and 80°C. The air is now isothermally compressed to 0.1 m³. The work done during this process is ___________ kJ.
(Take the sign convention such that work done on the system is negative)

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