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A refrigerator maintains its compartment at while the kitchen air is at
PHYSICS · Subjective · CBSE · Physics · Thermodynamics · Thermodynamics
Problem
A refrigerator maintains its compartment at
−
5
∘
C
-5^{\circ}\text{C}
−
5
∘
C
while the kitchen air is at
25
∘
C
25^{\circ}\text{C}
2
5
∘
C
. If it extracts
600
J
600\,\text{J}
600
J
of heat from the compartment per cycle, calculate the minimum theoretical work that must be done on the refrigerator in each cycle.
Related theory
Heat Engines
Thermodynamics
Second law and Carnot cycle
Carnot engine
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