BabelNet

bn:00070126n

Noun Concept

Categories: Non-equilibrium thermodynamics, Laws of thermodynamics, Articles with short description, Harv and Sfn template errors, Philosophy of thermal and statistical physics

second law of thermodynamics 2LOT 2nd law of thermodynamics Caratheodory's principle Carnot statement

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 WordNet 3.0

Definitions

Relations

Sources

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 WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

The second law of thermodynamics is a physical law based on universal empirical observation concerning heat and energy interconversions. Wikipedia

Law of physics stating that systems spontaneously evolve towards states of higher entropy Wikidata

IS A

law of thermodynamics

PART OF

thermodynamics

DERIVATIVE WORK

Bremermann's limit

DISCOVERER OR INVENTOR

Carnot

FOLLOWED BY

third law of thermodynamics