Which answer below is not a statement of the second law of thermodynamics?

a. Real processes proceed in a preferred direction.
b. Energy does not flow spontaneously by heat from a cold to a hot reservoir.
c. The entropy of the universe increases in all natural processes.
d. In theory, heat engines working in a cycle employ reversible processes.
e. You cannot construct a heat engine, operating in a cycle that does nothing but take heat from a reservoir and perform an equal amount of work.


d

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Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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