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प्रश्न
State Kelvin-Planck's statement of the second law of thermodynamics.
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उत्तर
Kelvin-Planck's statement: It is impossible to construct a heat engine that operates in a cycle, whose sole effect is to convert the heat completely into work. This implies that no heat engine in the universe can have 100% efficiency.
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