Suppose you have a system made up of water only, with the container and everything beyond being the surroundings. Consider a process in which the water is first evaporated and then condensed back into its original container.

Is this two-step process necessarily reversible?

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Chemistry

Zechariah Curtis

8 March, 05:28

Suppose you have a system made up of water only, with the container and everything beyond being the surroundings. Consider a process in which the water is first evaporated and then condensed back into its original container.

Is this two-step process necessarily reversible?

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Jeffrey Moyer · Answer 1

No

Explanation:

No, because there is no evidence that the surroundings are also restored to their original state.

cannot be undone by exactly reversing the change to the system; Spontaneous processes are irreversible.

Edwin Schmidt · Answer 2

Yes

Explanation:

The possibility of evaporating and condensing is a proof of reversible reaction

Suppose you have a system made up of water only, with the container and everything beyond being the surroundings. Consider a process in which the water is first evaporated and then condensed back into its original container.Is this two-step process necessarily reversible?

Suppose you have a system made up of water only, with the container and everything beyond being the surroundings. Consider a process in which the water is first evaporated and then condensed back into its original container.

Is this two-step process necessarily reversible?