A. Consider the following processes:
1. An ice cube is transferred from the refrigerator into boiling water at atmospheric temperature. What happens? Is this process reversible? If not how could one effect the same change on the ice cube in a reversible process?
2. A gas cylinder containing gas at a pressure of 1 atm is placed in a volume V under vacuum conditions and then opened. What happens? Is this process reversible? If not how could one effect the same change on the gas in a reversible process?
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