Chapter 18, Problem 104AP

Interpretation Introduction

Interpretation:

The reasons for the facts that the first law of thermodynamics prohibits the existence perpetual motion machine, and the second law prohibits the existence of perpetual motion machine of another kind, are to be explained.

Concept Introduction:

The first law of thermodynamics states that the energy can neither be created nor destroyed, but can be transformed from one form to another.

The second law of thermodynamics is that the total entropy of the system is always increasing over time, as entropy can never be negative.