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Second Law of Thermodynamics (view source)
Revision as of 03:36, February 17, 2012
, 03:36, February 17, 2012According to this law, it is impossible to build a perpetual motion machine because increasingly entropy will inevitably derail the machine.
Because there are no perfectly closed systems, the '''Second Law of Thermodynamics''' holds that everything becomes more disordered over time, in the absence of intelligent intervention.
Because there are no perfectly closed systems, the '''Second Law of Thermodynamics''' holds that everything becomes more disordered over time, in the absence of intelligent intervention.
According to this law, it is impossible to build a [[perpetual motion machine]], and [[entropy]] in a completely closed system must either increase or remain constant.
According to this law, it is impossible to build a [[perpetual motion machine]] because increasingly entropy will inevitably derail the machine.
==The three forms of the Second Law of Thermodynamics==
==The three forms of the Second Law of Thermodynamics==