Kelvin's statement of the second law of thermodynamics
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| gptkbp:instanceOf |
thermodynamics law statement
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| gptkbp:alternativeName |
gptkb:Kelvin-Planck_statement
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| gptkbp:appliesTo |
heat engines
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| gptkbp:describes |
impossibility of converting all heat into work in a cyclic process
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| gptkbp:field |
thermodynamics
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| gptkbp:formedBy |
gptkb:William_Thomson
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Kelvin's statement of the second law of thermodynamics
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| gptkbp:implies |
irreversibility of natural processes
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| gptkbp:relatedTo |
gptkb:Clausius_statement_of_the_second_law_of_thermodynamics
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| gptkbp:state |
No process is possible whose sole result is the complete conversion of heat into work.
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| gptkbp:yearProposed |
1851
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| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Sir_William_Thomson_(Lord_Kelvin)
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| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
4
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