Show that the work done per kg of a perfect gas during an adiabatic e…

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Show that the work done per kg of a perfect gas during an adiabatic expansion for which $pV^{\gamma} = \text{constant}$ is given by: $W_{1-2} = \frac{R(T_1 - T_2)}{\gamma - 1}$.

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