Which of the following statements is incorrect about adiabatic processes?
**Reversibility** reversible process can be reversed by infinitesimal change, no entropy production, quasi-static without friction, e.g., Carnot cycle reversible, irreversible processes involve friction, free expansion, heat transfer across finite temperature difference, entropy increases, most real processes irreversible. In an adiabatic process ( Δ Q = 0 ), temperature changes (e.g., decreases during expansion), not remains constant (isothermal). Option B is incorrect. Using first law ΔU = Q - W, W = ∫ P dV, isobaric W = P ΔV, isothermal W = n R T ln(V₂/V₁), adiabatic P V^γ = const and η = 1 - T_c/T_h, evaluation yields Temperature remains constant, consistent with thermodynamic laws and energy conservation.
Ref: NCERT > Physics Book > Thermodynamics > Cyclic Processes and Reversibility Concepts