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State the various statements of second law of thermodynamics.

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1. Entropy statement: Whenever a spontaneous process takes place, it is accompanied by an increase in the total entropy of the universe”.

2. Kelvin-Planck statement: it is impossible to take heat from a hotter reservoir and convert it completely into work by a cyclic process without transferring a part of heat to a cooler reservoir.

3. Efficiency statement: Even an ideal, frictionless engine cannot convert 100% of its input heat into work.

4. Clausius statement: Heat flows spontaneously from hot objects to cold objects and to get it flow in the opposite direction, we have to spend some work.

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