Two identical vessels $A$ and $B$ with frictionless pistons contain the same ideal gas at the same temperature and the same volume $V$. The masses of gas in $A$ and $B$ are $m_A$ and $m_B$,respectively. The gases are allowed to expand isothermally to the same final volume $2V$. The changes in pressures of the gas in $A$ and $B$ are found to be $\Delta P$ and $1.5 \Delta P$,respectively. Then

Write the first law of thermodynamics for an isothermal expansion process.

In an isothermal expansion,what happens to the internal energy of the gas?

Can the temperature of a system remain constant even when it is heated? Explain.

The change in the entropy of $1$ mole of an ideal gas which undergoes an isothermal process from an initial state $(P_1, V_1, T)$ to the final state $(P_2, V_2, T)$ is equal to

$A$ piston of mass $M$ is hung from a massless spring whose restoring force law is given by $F = -kx^3$,where $k$ is the spring constant of appropriate dimension. The piston separates the vertical chamber into two parts,where the bottom part is filled with $n$ moles of an ideal gas. An external work is done on the gas isothermally (at a constant temperature $T$) with the help of a heating filament (with negligible volume) mounted in the lower part of the chamber,so that the piston moves up from a height $L_0$ to $L_1$. Calculate the total energy delivered by the filament. (Assume the spring to be in its natural length before heating.)