A Heat Engine That in Each Cycle Does Positive Work

question 54

Multiple Choice

A heat engine that in each cycle does positive work and loses energy as heat, with no heat energy input, would violate:

• A)the zeroth law of thermodynamics
• B)the first law of thermodynamics
• C)the second law of thermodynamics
• D)the third law of thermodynamics
• E)Newton's second law

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