Adiabatic process

Imagine you have a toy car in your hand. When you squeeze it, the air inside the car gets hot and when you release it, the air inside gets cold. This happens because the movement you make on the car causes a change in the air pressure inside it.

Well, the same thing can happen with gases in real life. Adiabatic process is a big word that refers to a situation where a gas is squeezed or released in such a way that it experiences a change in its pressure, but does not exchange heat with the environment around it.

In simpler terms, it means that when you make a gas smaller or bigger really quickly, it doesn't have time to exchange heat with the air around it, so its temperature changes as a result of being compressed or expanded.

This process can happen in many situations in real life, such as when air moves up and down the atmosphere or when gas is compressed in a car engine. Understanding adiabatic process can help us understand how these things work and help us design better engines and machines.