Setup: I have an experiment testing a heat enging; with a gas filled cylinder co

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Setup: I have an experiment testing a heat enging; with a gas filled cylinder containing a piston with a scale on top of it, and the cylinder is also connected to an aluminum can. The experiment is performed in four parts: 1) adding a weight onto the scale on the cylinder (aluminum can in ice-water) - adiabatic process: pressure goes up but volume stays the same, 2) removing the aluminum can into bioling water - isobaric process: volume increases but pressure is same, 3) removing the weight from the scale - again adiabatic process: volume decreases, 4) taking the can out of the boiling water and slowly submerging it into icewater again - isobaric process.

What is a possible systematic error if the piston at the beginning of the experiment is placed high up in the gas cylinder (but still has room to move freely) instead of close to the bottom as in our experiment?

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