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a law stating that mechanical work can be derived from a body only when that body interacts with another at a lower temperature; any spontaneous process results in an increase of entropy
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Naturally occurring processes are directional.
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| second law of thermodynamics |
An inequality that is fundamentally different from the first law because it specifies the direction in which a natural process will evolve rather than merely requiring that certain quantities are conserved. As formulated by Planck, the second law asserts that a thermodynamic state function, S, known as entropy, exists for all physical systems. ...
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Entropy - The tendency of an energy system to run down; systems go from a higher to a lower state of order. Entropy is the scientific description of creation under the curse of sin, therefore decay, death and degeneration. Evolution espouses that organisms move from a lesser state of organization to a higher state, or up hill (microbes to man) and therefore is diametrically opposed to, and breaks this Second Law of Thermodynamics!
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| second law of thermodynamics |
The notion that natural processes that occur in an isolated system are spontaneous when they lead to an increase in disorder, or entropy.
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