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srvevh1
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I'm having trouble with the 3 laws of thermodynamics......
The first law seems to be telling me that the energy change of the system (Which is basically the enthalpy change) is equal to the energy change of the surroundings......The second law is telling me that not all the Energy (Enthalpy change) is available to do useful work, that some energy gets stuck in the reaction........
That seems to be a contradiction on one hand the energy lost by the system is gained by the surroundings but on the other hand not all the energy is available because some gets stuck in the system/reaction...
Can someone help sort me out..... Any help would be greatly appreciated......
The first law seems to be telling me that the energy change of the system (Which is basically the enthalpy change) is equal to the energy change of the surroundings......The second law is telling me that not all the Energy (Enthalpy change) is available to do useful work, that some energy gets stuck in the reaction........
That seems to be a contradiction on one hand the energy lost by the system is gained by the surroundings but on the other hand not all the energy is available because some gets stuck in the system/reaction...
Can someone help sort me out..... Any help would be greatly appreciated......