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Grade 11Thermal Physics

Why the efficiency of a carnot engine can`t be 100%

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8 Years agoGrade 11
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8 Years ago
Hey even in Ideal conversion of heat to work does not give 100% efficiency..Because heat is low grade energy and you are converting low grade energy to high grade one ..soo you need to pay for that...that``s why it``s not possible...Carnot is jst an ideal approach of converting heat in to work that``s it