Hii have a few questions about entropy:why does the definition

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hi

i have a few questions about entropy:

why does the definition of entropy stress the fact that the heat exchange by the system is reversible(dS=dQ_rev/T)?

am i right, that processes are only reversible iff ΔS=0 and therefore e.g. isothermic, isobaric and isochoric processes even of ideal gases are irreversible in general?
 
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