mometer. (Please include all the necessary and clear diagrams). (b) Discuss the second law of thermodynamics, entropy, and the principle of increase of entropy. Show that the entropy of a reversible p

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5. (a) Describe a platinum resistance thermometer. How would you calibrate and use it for
measuring temperature of an object. Mention its advantages over a thermoelectric
thermometer. (Please include all the necessary and clear diagrams).
(b) Discuss the second law of thermodynamics, entropy, and the principle of increase of
entropy. Show that the entropy of a reversible process remains invariant and it gets increased
in an irreversible process. (Please include all the necessary and clear diagrams).

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