Physical Chemistry
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Author: Ball, David W. (david Warren), BAER, Tomas
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Chapter 3, Problem 3.8E
Explain why the high-temperature reservoir of a heat engine must, indeed, be higher in temperature than the low-temperature reservoir. Can it ever be the other way around?
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