Reversibility and irreversibility
Reversibility and irreversibility
- Reversible process is the one which can be retraced in opposite order by changing external conditions slightly.
- Those processes which can not be retraced in opposite order by reversing the controlling factors are known as irreversible process.
- It is a consequence of second law that all the natural processes are irreversible process.
- Conditions for reversibility of a process are
(i) Process is performed quasi-statically
(ii) it is not accompanied by any dissipative effects.
- It is impossible to satisfy these two conditions perfectly, thus Reversible process is purely an ideal abstraction.
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