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From my knowledge, I don't see how it is possible for energy to be transferred without doing work as in the case of entropy. What happens to the unavailable energy? how is it transferred in the first place?
gladius999 said:From my knowledge, I don't see how it is possible for energy to be transferred without doing work as in the case of entropy. What happens to the unavailable energy? how is it transferred in the first place?
gladius999 said:thanks for answering guys. How come some of the energy transferred is not able to do work? In a chemical reaction where does the unavailable energy come from? I know most energy is transferred as heat. I mean all energy can do work as long as it is transformed right?
gladius999 said:...How come some of the energy transferred is not able to do work?...
Yes, energy can be transferred without doing work. This type of energy transfer is known as heat transfer, which is the transfer of thermal energy from one object to another due to a difference in temperature.
Energy is transferred without doing work through thermal conduction, convection, and radiation. These processes involve the transfer of thermal energy from a warmer object to a cooler object.
Entropy is a measure of the disorder or randomness in a system. In the transfer of energy without doing work, entropy increases as the thermal energy spreads out and becomes more evenly distributed between the objects involved.
Yes, the transfer of energy without doing work can occur in a closed system as long as there is a difference in temperature between the objects involved. The total amount of energy in a closed system remains constant, but the distribution of energy can change through heat transfer.
Yes, energy can be transferred without doing work in a vacuum. In fact, radiation is the main form of heat transfer in a vacuum, where there is no medium for conduction or convection to occur. This is how the Sun's energy reaches the Earth through space.