An ideal gas expands isothermally from volume $V_1$ to volume $V_2$. It is then compressed to the original volume $V_1$ adiabatically. If $p_1$ and $p_2$ represent the initial pressure and final pressure respectively, and $W$ represents the net work done by the gas during the entire process, then:

  • A
    $p_1 > p_2, W = 0$
  • B
    $p_1 > p_2, W > 0$
  • C
    $p_2 > p_1, W > 0$
  • D
    $p_2 > p_1, W < 0$

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