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1. Isothermal process:


Note that constant temperature line is drawn such that entropy has decreased. Why? Why not along increasing entropy? Keep this funda in mind that increase/decrease in entropy in T-s diagram is determined only by a single phenomenon : Heat addition/rejection.


If heat is being added, entropy will increase. If heat is being rejected, entropy will decrease. 1 – 2 is compression still temperature is same. Using first law, this is possible only if the system is rejecting heat, so entropy should also decreaimagese.

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So the base of the triangle represents an isothermal process which can be represented by a slightly curved line in PV diagram.
Moving on, the perpendicular represents an isentropic process, implying an adiabatic process which is also represented by a curved line but with a steeper slope than an isotherm.
But what about the the hypotenuse? How do you represent it in PV diagram?

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