Cold air has less entropy than hot air. The second law of thermodynamics states that entropy always increases. Do air conditioners violate this law?

Q: The combined molecular kinetic energies of molecules in a cool lake are greater than the combined…

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Q: Explain the implications of the Second law of Thermodynamics ?

A: The Second Law of Thermodynamics  The second law of thermodynamics tells about entropy. Entropy is…

Q: You can't take warm water, turn it into ice, and use the heat from the water to run an engine. This…

A: The statement given is that you can't take warm water, turn it into ice, and use the heat from the…

Q: Fifty grams of water at 0 °C is changed into vapor at 100 °C. What is the change in entropy of the…

A: The change in entropy of water can be given as The change in entropy of water transforming in to…

Q: Two hundred grams of water at 0 °C is brought into contact with a heat reservoir at 80 °C . After…

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Q: When 0.50 kg of water at 0°C freezes, what is the change in entropy of the water? The latent heat of…

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Q: Does the entropy of a system always increase with an increase in temperature?

A: Not always. Entropy of system  increases when heat is transferred. And sometimes temperature can be…

Q: Objects A and B with TA > TB are placed in thermal contact and come to equilibrium. (a) For which…

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Q: n a cold day, 24500 J of heat leaks out of a house. The inside temperature is 21°C, and the outside…

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Q: bring about a 7.7 J/K increase in the entropy

A: The amount of energy that would have to be transferred to a room temperature environment to bring…

Q: If energy is always conserved, never created or destroyed, then why do most of the machines in our…

A: SOlution: To explain If energy is always conserved, never created or destroyed, then why do most of…

Q: When 1.60×105 J of heat transfer occurs into a meat pie initially at 20.0C, its entropy increases by…

A: Heat 1.6 x 105 J Initial temperature = 20 C Entropy increases = 480 J/K

Q: The first law of thermodynamics says we can’t get more out of a process than we put in, but the…

A: The first law of thermodynamics says we can’t get more out of a process than we put in, but the…

Q: Water put into the freezer compartment of your refrigerator goes to a state of less molecular…

A: No, this is not an exception to an entropy principle.

Q: A Carnot engine operates between temperatures of 450 K and 340 K. What is the efficiency of the…

A: Given data:  TL = 340 K TH = 450 K Need to determine the efficiency.

Q: A 1 kg chunk of ice at 273 K and 1 atmosphere melts completely in water at 273 K. What is its change…

A: The problem is asking for the change in entropy when a 1 kg chunk of ice at 273 K melts completely…

Q: Which statement is not the second law of thermodynamics? -For a natural process, the entropy…

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Q: On a cold day, 17400 J of heat leaks out of a house. The inside temperature is 24.0° C, and the…

A: Given Data: The amount of heat leaks is, Q=17400 J The inside temperature of the house is, Th=24°C…

Q: A puddle containing 1.10 kg of water at 0°C freezes on a cold night, becoming ice at 0°C. What was…

A: Given that The mass of the water 1.10Kg covert into gram                         m = 1100g Latent…

Q: A cylinder-piston system with 700 g of water at 0C is placed in a refrigerator. Water slowly freezes…

A: Given data The mass of the water is mw = 700 g = 0.7 kg The initial temperature of the water is Ti_w…

Q: Give your own examples where the entropy of a system decreases, and where it increases. Explain your…

A: Give your own examples where the entropy of a system decreases, and where it increases. Explain your…

Q: Consider the following quantities:  Heat Energy, Work, Change in Internal Energy and Change in…

A: Given quantities are : Heat Energy , Work , Change in internal Energy And change in entropy

Q: The heat of melting of ice at 1 atmosphere pressure and 0°C is 1.4363 kcal/mol. The volume of ice is…

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Q: A 1 500-kg car is moving at 20.0 m/s. The driver brakes to a stop. The brakes cool off to the…

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Q: What is the change in entropy (in J/K) of 1 kg of liquid water when it is frozen to ice at a…

A: Given data: Mass of the water is, m= 1 kg Water is frozen to the ice at a constant temperature of,…

Q: A thermodynamic process occurs in which the entropy of a system changes by -8 J/K. According to the…

A: We know that the entropy of the universe can not decrease . As the entropy of the system decreases…