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23. The Second Law of Thermodynamics - Part 2 of 2
23. The Second Law of Thermodynamics / Entropy and the Second Law of Thermodynamics / Problem 6

Cryotherapy, a common method for treating athletes' injuries, works by filling a large tub with 100 kg of cold water at 10 °C and pouring in 1 kg of ice at 0 °C. The cold water is being cooled further by ice.  i) Is this a reversible or irreversible process, and what is the sign of the entropy variation (ΔS)? Do not use calculations.

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