Homework Help: Chemistry

Posted by Adryan on Tuesday, December 6, 2011 at 8:49pm.

Which of the following is NOT a statement of the second law of thermodynamics?
a. The entropy of the universe is always increasing.
b. Every naturally occurring process produces some entropy.
c. Energy is conserved in quantity but not in quality.
d. Every energy process results in more order in the universe.

Chemistry - DrBob222, Tuesday, December 6, 2011 at 9:04pm
c makes no sense.
d is not right.
I could argue with a because of the word ALWAYS. The entropy IS increasing but is it ALWAYS.

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