The Construction of a Heat Engine Operating Between Temperatures T₁

question 44

Multiple Choice

The construction of a heat engine operating between temperatures T₁ and T₂,and having an efficiency greater than that of a Carnot engine operating between the same two temperatures,would constitute a violation of

• A)the law of the conservation of energy.
• B)the first law of thermodynamics.
• C)the second law of thermodynamics.
• D)Boyle's law.
• E)None of these is correct.

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