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Q.Give Kelvin statement of second law of thermodynamics.

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Step 1. The Kelvin-Planck statement of the second law: it is impossible to construct a machine that absorbs heat from a hot source and converts it COMPLETELY into work by a cyclic process, without transferring some part of that heat to a cold sink.

Step 2. This is exactly why even an ideal, completely frictionless heat engine can never convert 100% of its input heat into useful work. …

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