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Ch. 18.1 - The energy input to an engine is 3.00 times...Ch. 18.3 - Prob. 18.2QQCh. 18.4 - Prob. 18.3QQCh. 18.6 - (a) Suppose you select four cards at random from a...Ch. 18.7 - Which of the following is true for the entropy...Ch. 18.7 - An ideal gas is taken from an initial temperature...Ch. 18.8 - True or False: The entropy change in an adiabatic...Ch. 18 - Prob. 1OQCh. 18 - Prob. 2OQCh. 18 - A refrigerator has 18.0 kJ of work done on it...
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