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Grade 12Thermal Physics

Why does the entropy increase for an irreversible process????

Profile image of prajwal
10 Years agoGrade 12
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Profile image of Bhavya
10 Years ago
Anirreversible process increasestheentropyof the universe. However, becauseentropyis a state function, the change inentropyof the system is the same whether theprocessisreversibleor irreversible.
Profile image of Poosala Vedaprakash
10 Years ago
An irreversible process increases the entropy of the universe. However, because entropy is a state function, the change in entropy of the system is the same whether the process is reversible or irreversible. The second law of thermodynamics can be used to determine whether a process is reversible or not.
Profile image of sai hemanth kumar
10 Years ago
An irreversible process increses the entropy of the universe why because that , entropy is a state function the change in entropy of the system isthe same whether the process is reversible or irrevesible .