second law of thermodynamics

Clausius' formulation of the second law states that heat cannot be transferred from a colder to a hotter body without some other effect, i.e. without work being done. Corollaries include the impossibility of converting heat entirely into work without some other effect, and the impossibility of perpetual motion machines of the second kind.

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