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Once two distinct gases, $A$ and $B$, mix, there is an increase in entropy and it will take some work to separate them again. We can also extract work from their mixing (maximum if quasistatic). Some simple questions to answer:
\begin{enumerate}
\item What is entropy
change (and hence change?
\item Hence what is
the maximum work extractable from the mixing process?
\item How could one extract this work?
\end{enumerate}
Answers:
\begin{enumerate}
\item For {\it distinguishable} particles, mixing two volume-$\frac{V}{2}$ boxes of $\frac{N}{2}$ ideal-gas particles each incurs an entropy increase of $\Delta S = N\ln2$.
\item The maximum work extractable from {\it this} process is therefore $W_{\rm max} = NT\ln2$. (This is also the minimum work
needed required to recover
the original
state)? state.)
\item
Not sure yet, but here's an idea. The total number of particles $N$ is fixed, but not necessarily the final volume. If we set $v^{\rm final} < V^{\rm init}_1 + V^{\rm init}_2$, then perhaps pressure is developed to do work?
\end{enumerate}
To do:
\begin{itemize}
\item Extension to non-ideal gas?
\item Extension to arbitrary initial particle numbers and volumes.
\item Check the case $v^{\rm final} < V^{\rm init}_1 + V^{\rm init}_2$: is this a viable way to extract work from the process? Is it maximal?
\end{itemize}
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