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Stirring a liquid in contact with a reservoir cannot be exactly reversed because that would violate which law?
AThe First Law
BThe Zeroth Law
CNewton's third law
DThe Second Law
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. The Second Law
Reversing it would turn heat entirely into work, which the Kelvin-Planck form of the Second Law forbids.
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