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> A closed system can have energy put in from the surroundings to decrease entropy. Then it wouldn't be a closed system anymore. What you call an isolated sys
by rocqua 8y ago
> A closed system can have energy put in from the surroundings to decrease entropy.
Then it wouldn't be a closed system anymore.
What you call an isolated system is the same as a closed system. At least, in the common parlance of thermodynamics.
- bocklund 8y agoClosed means mass cannot go in or out. Heat and work can still be exchanged. See https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isolated_system https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isolated_system