Describe the Part of the heat received by a heat engine is converted to work, while the rest is rejected to a sink.

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 Describe the Part of the heat received by a heat engine is converted to work, while the rest is rejected to a sink.

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The second law of thermodynamics heat engine only converts a part of heat absorbed from the source to work.

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