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THE ENTROPY

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  Entropy: Entropy is a concept that originated in the field of thermodynamics and has since found applications in various scientific disciplines. It was first introduced by Rudolf Clausius, a prominent German physicist in the 19th century. Clausius made significant contributions to the development of thermodynamics and played a crucial role in formulating the second law of thermodynamics. In heat engine theory, the term entropy plays a vital role and leads to important results which by other methods can be obtained much more laboriously. It may be noted that all heat is not equally valuable for converting into work. "Heat that is supplied to a substance at high temperature has a greater possibility of conversion into work than heat supplied to a substance lower temperature". "Entropy is a function of a quantity of heat which shows the possibility of conversion of that heat into work. The increase in entropy is small when heat is added at a high temperature and is grea