: Let’s consider second-law thermodynamics again, we define Suniv=Ssys + Ssurr Explain the physical meaning of...

: Let’s consider second-law thermodynamics again, we define S_univ=S_sys + S_surr

Explain the physical meaning of three symbols here: S_univ, S_sys , S_surr

Which of these three determines if a proposed process is spontaneous or not? State what sign it needs to be for the proposed process to be spontaneous?

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