6 | 2nd Law
At the end of this section, you should be able to:
Articulate the idea of the 2nd law of thermodynamics
Explain what a “heat engine,” “heat pump”, and “refrigerator” are in a thermodynamics context
Conceptually, calculate efficiencies for heat engines and heat pumps
Calculate the work output from an ideal heat engine
Calculate the work input for an ideal heat pump, refrigerator, or AC
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