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"The second law of thermodynamics states that the entropy, or disorder, of a closed system is always increasing." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGDJO2M7RBg
My comment on YouTube: "Entropy always increases" is in fact a theorem deduced by Clausius in 1865: http://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/archive/00000313/ Jos Uffink, Bluff your Way in the Second Law of Thermodynamics, p. 37: "Hence we obtain: THE ENTROPY PRINCIPLE (Clausius' version) For every nicht umkehrbar [irreversible] process in an adiabatically isolated system which begins and ends in an equilibrium state, the entropy of the final state is greater than or equal to that of the initial state. For every umkehrbar [reversible] process in an adiabatical system, the entropy of the final state is equal to that of the initial state." Clausius' deduction was based on three postulates: Postulate 1 (implicit): The entropy is a state function. Postulate 2: Clausius' inequality (formula 10 on p. 33 in Uffink's paper) is correct. Postulate 3: Any irreversible process can be closed by a reversible process to become a cycle. All the three postulates are totally unjustified - clever scientists are well aware of that: Uffink, p.39: "A more important objection, it seems to me, is that Clausius bases his conclusion that the entropy increases in a nicht umkehrbar [irreversible] process on the assumption that such a process can be closed by an umkehrbar [reversible] process to become a cycle. This is essential for the definition of the entropy difference between the initial and final states.. But the assumption is far from obvious for a system more complex than an ideal gas, or for states far from equilibrium, or for processes other than the simple exchange of heat and work. Thus, the generalisation to all transformations occurring in Nature is somewhat rash." Pentcho Valev |
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