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A Heat Engine Operates Between a High Temperature Reservoir at TH

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A heat engine operates between a high temperature reservoir at TH and a low temperature reservoir at TL.Its efficiency is given by 1 - TL/TH:


A) only if the working substance is an ideal gas
B) only if the engine is reversible
C) only if the engine is quasi-static
D) only if the engine operates on a Stirling cycle
E) no matter what characteristics the engine has

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