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Statement -1 : There is a natural asymmetry between converting work to heat and converting heat to work.
Statement -2 : No process is possible in which the sole result is the absorption of heat form a reservoir and its complete conversion into work.
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Statement 2 is II nd law of thermodynamics which concludes that total heat can never be converted into equivalent amount of work.
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