Equation 2nd law thermodynamics

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Can anyone give me the equation for the second law of thermodynamics...
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There is no straight equation for 'the second law of thermo'.

There is an equation for entropy (there are acutally quite a few eq for entropy).
The second law tells you that entropy will always increase in a closed system.

Is there any specific question you have concerning the 2nd law, as what you asked could have been very easily found using google.
 
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Wiki says:

In terms of time variation, the mathematical statement of the second law for an isolated system undergoing an arbitrary transformation is:

[tex]\frac{dS}{dt} \ge 0[/tex]

where

S is the entropy and
t is time.

This, I guess, is an equivalence, not an equation.
Also, note that this is for an isolated system.
 
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