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The second law of thermodynamics states essentially that it is impossible for heat to flow from a cooler body to a hotter one, without the performance of work by an external agency. I'm not sure how this relates to your wording of 'matter and energy'.

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What is a 2nd law of energy?

You must be referring to the two Laws of Thermodynamics. Stated in terms of energy: 1. The First Law of Thermodynamics is the Law of Conservation of Energy, meaning that energy can not be created or destroyed. 2. However, useful energy is continuously being converted into unusable energy. This is irreversible. This is the Second Law of Thermodynamics.


How does the law of thermodynamics work with a light bulb?

The first law of thermodynamics states that energy cannot be created or destroyed, only transformed. In the case of a light bulb, electrical energy is converted into light and heat energy. The second law of thermodynamics states that some energy is always lost as heat in any energy conversion process, thus not all the energy from the light bulb is converted into light.


What law of thermodynamics accounts for the other 75 units of energy?

The way that the question is worded it is impossible to be sure exactly what you are looking for, but as a reasonable guess, you are looking for what happens to energy that is not producing useful work. The second law of thermodynamics generally tells us that we can never get 100% efficiency, i.e. we can never convert all the energy we are using into useful work. Some of the energy will just go into increasing the entropy of the universe.


Which law of thermodynamics is the reason that you need a constant input of energy to drive biological systems?

The Second Law of Thermodynamics states that a system with no energy input and no losses will tend towards a zero energy state. This is essentially the entropy of any energy exchange. Thus, you require a constant input of energy to maintain any system.


What is the need of the second law of thermodynamics?

Second law of thermodynamics used for prove of process reversibility, it provide the concept of system loss capability to perform work. Second law of thermodynamics is an effective tools to debunked pseudo-science in the field of perpetual energy (perpetual magnetic generator) and hoax energy saving scam.

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Is dark energy and dark matter killing the universe?

No. What is killing the Universe is the Second Law of Thermodynamics.


Which would mean that the energy in an isolated system would remain constant law of conservation of matter 1st law of thermodynamics second law of thermodynamics or the atomic theory of matter?

The first law of thermodynamics states that the energy of an isolated system is constant.


What law of thermodynamics tracks 'quality' of energy?

second law


Can energy be regenerated?

According to the Second Law of Thermodynamics, once energy is wasted, it is gone forever - useful energy has become unusable energy.According to the Second Law of Thermodynamics, once energy is wasted, it is gone forever - useful energy has become unusable energy.According to the Second Law of Thermodynamics, once energy is wasted, it is gone forever - useful energy has become unusable energy.According to the Second Law of Thermodynamics, once energy is wasted, it is gone forever - useful energy has become unusable energy.


The fact that usable energy is always lost in an energy transfer is due to what 1 Newton's first law of motion 2 the second law of thermodynamics 3 Newton's second law of motion 4 the first l?

The fact that usable energy is always lost in an energy transfer is due to the second law of thermodynamics. This law states that entropy, or disorder, tends to increase over time in a closed system, leading to the loss of usable energy in the form of heat.


What is universal law of energy?

There is no commonly accepted law by that name, as far as I know. Two important laws about energy are the First Law of Thermodynamics and the Second Law of Thermodynamics.


Why the first and second law of thermodynamics may be states you can not get ahead and you can not break even?

According to the second law of Thermodynamics, the amount of usable energy will continuously decrease.According to the second law of Thermodynamics, the amount of usable energy will continuously decrease.According to the second law of Thermodynamics, the amount of usable energy will continuously decrease.According to the second law of Thermodynamics, the amount of usable energy will continuously decrease.


How does energy efficiency relate to the first and second law of thermodynamics?

By the first law of thermodynamics, energy is conserved - i.e. the sum of the useful work and the energy lost to heat will equal the energy you started with. The second law states that you will never get 100% energy efficiency.


What law of thermodynamics says everything is running down?

The second law of thermodynamics states that a system with no energy input and no energy losses will tend toward dissolution.


Which law of thermodynamics states that the heat engine cannot be completely efficient?

True


Which law is Some energy is released as unusable heat energy into the environment?

This statement is based on the second law of thermodynamics, which states that in any energy transformation, some energy is lost as waste heat and cannot be converted back into usable energy. This principle underlies many natural processes and technological systems.


Can energy ever be made?

No. You can convert one type of energy to another (with certain limitations - for more information, read about the "Second Law of Thermodynamics"); but you can't create energy out of nothing - or destroy energy for that matter.