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The first principle of thermodynamics states an energy relation for every process that we may consider. But it does not say anything about whether this process might actually occur at all. It is the second principle that faces this problem and provides at the same time a rigorous criterion to decide when a system is in a state of thermodynamic equilibrium.
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Iribarne, J.V., Godson, W.L. (1973). The Second Principle of Thermodynamics. In: Atmospheric Thermodynamics. Geophysics and Astrophysics Monographs. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-2642-0_3
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