Work for System at Equilibrium

[Cylin Wang 2H]

Hello,

In the lecture this week we covered that the work for systems at equilibrium is the equal and infinite sum and takes an infinitely long time. Does this have anything to do with the entropy of the universe always increasing?

Thank you.

[Cylin Wang 2H]

Sorry, I just realized this topic post belongs under "General Science Question" instead of Thermochemistry. Is there a way to change the category of a post without deleting and reposting it?

Thank you.

[Christie Nguyen 3F]

HI, Cylin. I thought this was an interesting question, so I read the textbook, and I believe the universe's entropy increases because of the 2nd law of thermodynamics, which explains that energy increases in an isolated system.

[Cylin Wang 2H]

Thank you for sharing. Also, I checked with my TA in the discussion today to see if there exists a maximum entropy and it seems like there isn't, which is counterintuitive but fascinating.

[HenrikZhang2K]

The 2nd law of thermodynamics states that energy increases in isolated system, which would mean that the universe's entropy will increase.