Question

A link between systems that [emphasize] lack this property microscopically and macroscopically was elucidated in a 1977 paper by Ilya Prigogine (“pre-GO-zheen”). Systems that are Markovian, stochastic, and have one form of this (10[1])property are described by the Crooks fluctuation theorem. Elementary processes must display this property in systems obeying detailed (-5[1])balance. The closed line (10[1])integral of dQ over T will be zero for processes with this property according to the Clausius theorem. An adiabatic process that also has this property will be isentropic, since processes that [emphasize] lack this property must produce entropy. Ideal thermodynamic cycles, such as the (10[1])Carnot cycle, have (-5[1])this property. For 10 points, name this property of processes that can proceed in both forwards (10[1])and (10[1])backwards (10[2])directions. ■END■

ANSWER: reversible [or word forms like reversibility; accept microscopically reversible or word forms; prompt on isentropic until read]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
David BassJohns Hopkins APenn State A3110
Geoffrey WuColumbia APenn A49-5
Maximilian NieburJohns Hopkins BHaverford A5310
Austin GuoPrinceton APenn State B9810
Patrick Rivas-GiorgiColumbia BRowan A101-5
Vincent ZhangPenn BBard A11710
Rahul Rao-PothurajuRowan AColumbia B11810
Danny HanPenn AColumbia A11910
Alex WongRutgers ALehigh A11910

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2024 ACF Winter at Lehigh2024-11-16Y7100%0%29%93.57
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