Every reaction in the universe increases the disorder, or entropy, of the universe. This is because energy that goes into a reaction is usable energy, but after the reaction, the energy is not usable anymore.
The phrase 'second law of thermodynamics' means a law stating that mechanical work can be derived from a body only when that body interacts with another at a lower temperature; any spontaneous...
Newton's second law states that when an object is acted upon by one or more outside forces, the vector sum of those forces is equal to the mass of the object times the resulting acceleration vector....