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JustinC
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02-17-2005 7:14 AM

This is a general question to anybody.
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How to you state the Second Law of Thermodynamics without reference to a closed system? That's just the way I've always learned it, and I can't think of any other way to state it.
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If "net entropy cannot decrease in closed system" is a valid way to state the Second Law, then would it by definition not apply to an open system?
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02-17-2005 8:08 AM

I understand much better now. Thanks.
  
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