GENERAL-PHYSICS-1-3

EXPECTATIONS
After going through this module, you are expected to:
1. cite examples of reversible and Irreversible processes;

2. compare work in reversible and irreversible change; and
3. describe work done in a reversible and irreversible process.
PRETEST
Directions: Read each statement carefully. Choose the letter of the correct
answer.
1. Which of the following is not an example of an irreversible change?
a. A log of wood has been burned on the fire.
b. A fruit smoothie has been frozen to make lollies.
c. A mixture of flour, water, and yeast has been baked into bread.
d. A bicycle left out in the rain begins to rust.
2. Heating will produce what sort of change?
a. An irreversible change.
b. either a reversible or irreversible change
c. a reversible change.
d. Neither a reversible or irreversible change.
3. If you were burning a candle, which of the following would be a reversible
change?
a. The solid candle wax melts.
b. The liquid wax in the wick burns.
c. The flame produces smoke.
d. All of the above.
4. Which of the following is an example of a reversible change?
a. Evaporation but not condensation.
b. Condensation but not evaporation
c. combustion
d. Evaporation and condensation
5. What is a reversible change?
a. a material changes permanently into new material.
b. a material changes its feel or appearance, but it is still the same
material.
c. a material changes into new material, but it can be changed back.
d. a material stops existing.
RECAP
Figure 1: System and Surrounding: copyright: Soumitra Das
LESSON
Figure 1 shows the reversible and irreversible process. How does gold consider
reversible and the fried egg irreversible?
Figure 2: Reversible/ irreversible process copyright: Soumitra Das

All changes in the world are one of the two- types- reversible and irreversible
changes. A change that can happen backward, that is, can be reversed is called a
reversible change. If you keep water in the freezer for some time, it transforms
into ice. But as soon as you take it out of the freezer, it turns into the water
again. This is a reversible change. Similarly, if you boil water, it evaporates and
becomes water vapor. When you cool this vapor down, it turns back to the water.
A reversible process is a process whose direction can be returned to its

original position by inducing infinitesimal changes to some property of the
system via its surroundings. Throughout the entire reversible process, the
system is in thermodynamic equilibrium with its surroundings. Having been
reversed, it leaves no change in either the system or the surroundings. Since it
would take an infinite amount of time for the reversible process to finish,
perfectly reversible processes are impossible. However, if the system changing
responds much faster than the applied change, the deviation from reversibility
may be negligible. In a reversible cycle, a cyclical reversible process, the system,
and its surroundings will be returned to their original states if one-half cycle is
followed by the other half cycle.
Irreversible
Reversible changes
Difference changes
between A substance can return to A substance cannot
Its original state . return to its original

Reversible
changes The chemical properties state.
of the substance do not change. The chemical properties

and
Most physical changes are of the substance change
irreversible
changes Reversible changes. All chemical changes are
Irreversible changes.
An irreversible process is one in which the system and its environment cannot
return together to exactly the states that they were in. The irreversibility of any
natural process results from the second law of thermodynamics. The sign of an
irreversible process comes from the finite gradient between the states occurring
in the actual process. For example, when heat flows from one object to another,
there is a finite temperature difference between the two objects. More
importantly, at any given moment of the process, the system most likely is not at
equilibrium or in a well-defined state.
ACTIVITIES
Activity #1: Reversible or Irreversible process
Directions: Identify the process written on the box as reversible or irreversible.
Write your answer on the space provided.
Reversible: Expansion/compression of spring

Elastic stretching of solids
1. ___________________ 1.________________
Expansion/compression of solid
Electrolysis process
2. ___________________ 2.________________
Frictionless motion of solids
3. ___________________ 3.________________
Inelastic deformation
Hot cup of coffee left on its own to
4. ___________________ 4.________________
cool
5. ___________________ Electric current flow
5.________________
Combustion, diffusion, plastic
deformation, heat transfer,
Activity #2: Reversible VS Irreversible Change (Expansion)
Directions: Refer to figure 2 to answer the
following questions.
1. How does work expressed in:
a) Reversible expansion
W = _______________________
b) Irreversible Expansion
2. W = _______________________ Based on
the
diagram, where is the location of
a) Reversible work
b)
________________
Irreversible work
Figure 3: copyright: Soumitra Das
________________
Activity #3: Reversible and Irreversible Processes

Directions: Answer the questions below, Refer your answer on the shown figure.
1. How does work done by ideal gas

expressed in equation?.
______________.
2. From the equations given in the
figure, how are pressure and volume
related to work done?______________.
Figure 4: Reversible and Irreversible process copyright: Soumitra Das
WRAP-UP
Directions: Write on the blank provided what you know, what you want to know, and what you have learned
from the lesson.
What I K now…
What I W ant to know…
What I’ve L earned…

VALUING
How does the man in the figure solve his problem? If you are in the same
situation, would you do the same thing? Why
POSTTEST
1. Burning will produce what sort of change?
a. a reversible change.
b. an irreversible change.
c. either a reversible or an irreversible change.
d. neither a reversible or irreversible change.
2. Which of the following is a sign of an irreversible change taking place?
a. a change in color.
b. a sudden change in temperature.
c. vigorous bubbling.
d. all of the above.
3. Which of these mixtures is not an irreversible change?
a. PVA glue mixed with borax.
b. mixing salt and water.
c. plaster of Paris mixed with water.
d. bicarbonate of soda mixed with vinegar.
4. Which is an irreversible change?
a. a material changes permanently into new material.
b. a material changes its feel or appearance but is still the same material.
c. a material changes into new material, but it can be changed back.
d. a material stops existing.
5. For an ideal gas, if the internal energy doesn’t change, what happens to the
temperature?
a. increases
b. decreases
c. stays the same
d. doubled

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EXPECTATIONS

After going through this module, you are expected to:

1. cite examples of reversible and Irreversible processes;

Figure 1: System and Surrounding: copyright: Soumitra Das

Figure 2: Reversible/ irreversible process copyright: Soumitra Das

A reversible process is a process whose direction can be returned to its

between A substance can return to A substance cannot

Its original state . return to its original

of the substance do not change. The chemical properties

Reversible: Expansion/compression of spring

Activity #3: Reversible and Irreversible Processes

1. How does work done by ideal gas

Figure 4: Reversible and Irreversible process copyright: Soumitra Das

What I W ant to know…

What I’ve L earned…

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