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For a compressible fluid, if there is no change in specific volume at constant temperature, what type of process it is?

(a) Isothermal process

(b) Adiabatic Process

(c) Polytropic process

(d) None of the mentioned

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This intriguing question originated from Thermodynamic Properties & Compressibility in section Properties of Fluids of Fluid Mechanics

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Right option is (a) Isothermal process

To explain I would say: As, specific volume remains constant, density remains constant. Therefore for given temperature there is no change in volume. hence, the process is isothermal.

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