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Show that from the definition of entropy in terms of a reversible process, that the First Law of Thermodynamics applied to a gas can be expressed in the form dU = TdS - pdV.

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Reversible process and first law of thermodynamics
Show that from the definition of entropy in terms of a reversible process, that the First Law of Thermodynamics applied to a gas can be expressed in the form dU = TdS - pdV

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