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To: betty boop
And pay it they must, for the balance equation of the second law — DS = 0

deltaS = zero only in reversible processes. All natural processes are non-reversible. I think you need a class in thermo-dynamics.

1,795 posted on 02/06/2005 10:47:34 AM PST by WildTurkey (When will CBS Retract and Apologize?)
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To: WildTurkey
deltaS = zero only in reversible processes.

But the second law of thermodynamics refers to non-reversible processes, and only to those.

1,812 posted on 02/06/2005 12:27:24 PM PST by betty boop
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