Which of the following is false about the second law of thermodynamics? O It is not possible to construct a perpetual motion machine which can work endlessly without the expenditure of energy. O It is impossible to transfer heat from a heat source to a hotter body without doing some work. O It is not possible to take heat from a source and convert all of it into work without losing some of it to a colder reservoir. O The entropy fo the universe is always increasing.

Which of the following is false about the second law of thermodynamics? O It is not possible to construct a perpetual motion machine which can work endlessly without the expenditure of energy. O It is impossible to transfer heat from a heat source to a hotter body without doing some work. O It is not possible to take heat from a source and convert all of it into work without losing some of it to a colder reservoir. O The entropy fo the universe is always increasing.

Chemistry: An Atoms First Approach

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Chapter16: Spontaneity, Entropy, And Free Energy

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