second law of thermodynamics

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/second_law_of_thermodynamics
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf physical phenomenon
gptkbp:appliesTo closed systems
isolated systems
gptkbp:category physics
thermodynamics
gptkbp:consequence arrow of time
heat death of the universe
gptkbp:expressedIn gptkb:Carathéodory's_principle
gptkb:Clausius_statement
gptkb:Kelvin-Planck_statement
gptkbp:formedBy gptkb:Rudolf_Clausius
gptkb:William_Thomson
gptkb:Sadi_Carnot
1850
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label second law of thermodynamics
gptkbp:implies irreversibility of natural processes
gptkbp:influenced development of statistical mechanics
gptkbp:partOf thermodynamics
gptkbp:prohibits perpetual motion machine of the second kind
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:organization
gptkb:Carnot_cycle
heat engines
perpetual motion machine of the second kind
gptkbp:state entropy of an isolated system never decreases
heat cannot spontaneously flow from a colder body to a hotter body
gptkbp:symbol ΔS ≥ 0
gptkbp:usedIn gptkb:cosmology
gptkb:information_theory
gptkb:statistical_mechanics
engineering
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Sir_William_Thomson
gptkb:Sir_William_Thomson_(Lord_Kelvin)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4