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Why can’t all of the thermal energy in a system be converted into mechanical work done o...

Why can’t all of the thermal energy in a system be converted into mechanical work done on an environment?

(a) The environment would do equal negative work on the system.

(b) Energy would not be conserved.

(c) The disordered energy in the system cannot be completely converted into ordered energy that can do work.

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