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What is entropy a measure of?
What is entropy a measure of?
Which of the following has low entropy?
Which of the following has low entropy?
According to the Laws of Thermodynamics, what can never decrease in a total system?
According to the Laws of Thermodynamics, what can never decrease in a total system?
In terms of entropy, what does steam have compared to ice?
In terms of entropy, what does steam have compared to ice?
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What does the change in entropy of the cold body signify?
What does the change in entropy of the cold body signify?
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What must happen to the entropy in one part of a system if it decreases locally?
What must happen to the entropy in one part of a system if it decreases locally?
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What happens to entropy as the temperature approaches zero?
What happens to entropy as the temperature approaches zero?
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Which equation relates heat energy change and entropy change?
Which equation relates heat energy change and entropy change?
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How does adding heat affect entropy?
How does adding heat affect entropy?
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What is the concept of the 'total system' in relation to entropy change?
What is the concept of the 'total system' in relation to entropy change?
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What does the second law of thermodynamics impose a constraint on?
What does the second law of thermodynamics impose a constraint on?
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In the context of heat transfer, what does ΔStot represent?
In the context of heat transfer, what does ΔStot represent?
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What must happen to the entropy of the sink when heat is added?
What must happen to the entropy of the sink when heat is added?
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What does the inequality ΔQc ≥ (Tc/Th)ΔQh set a minimum on?
What does the inequality ΔQc ≥ (Tc/Th)ΔQh set a minimum on?
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What is the consequence of violating the second law of thermodynamics?
What is the consequence of violating the second law of thermodynamics?
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Why can't the efficiency be 100% by sending no heat to the sink, according to the text?
Why can't the efficiency be 100% by sending no heat to the sink, according to the text?
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