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SECOND LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS

Fundamental limitation to the efficiency

In a heat engine, heat cannot be fully converted to work

Second Law of Thermodynamics many phenomena consistent with the First Law of Thermodynamics

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Kelvin and Planck Statement: Second Law of Thermodynamics

Kelvin and Planck denying the possibility of a perfect heat engine

No process is possible whose sole result is the of heat from a reservoir and the complete conversion of the heat into

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Clausius Statement: Second Law of Thermodynamics

Clausius denying the possibility of a perfect refrigerator or heat pump

No process is possible whose sole result is the transfer of heat from a object to a object

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