The potential for a thermodynamic process to be reversed in time. Alternatively, a quantification of how far an irreversible process is from being reversible, which relies on a comparison to a corresponding theoretical reversible process.
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Doubt in the spontaneous process definition
Using the following definition I don't understand why a reversible process is not spontaneous. For an isolated system, a reversible process happen without any outside intervention.
reversible process: the system changes in such a way that the system…
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