Question

QUESTION 5

1. Heat flowing spontaneously from a cold reservoir to a hot reservoir would violate

   	a.	the First Law of Thermodynamics but not the Second Law of Thermodynamics.
   	b.	the Second Law but not the First Law.
   	c.	both the First Law and the Second Law.
   	d.	neither the First Law nor the Second Law.

Answer 1

First law of thermodynamics states that heat and work are mutually convertible, and creation of energy from nothing can be achievable and doesnot specify the direction of heat and work

Second law of thermodynamics(clausius statement) states that heat cannot flow from a body at lower temperature to another body at higher tempertaure without the aid of the external energy

So the above statement clearly contradicts the Clausius statement of tranfer of energy. Therefore the above statement violates the second law but not the first law because in the second law they specified about the direction of flow of heat is from lower body and the first law doesnot specify anything regarding direction of flow of heat.

Hence the option is B.Second law but not the first law