10 J of heat is taken off from a steady state system, what is the work done on the system?
(a) – 10 J
(b) 10 J
(c) – 5 J
(d) 5 J
This question was addressed to me in a national level competition.
This interesting question is from Energy Balances for Closed, Steady-State Systems in chapter Introduction to Energy Balances for Processes without Reaction and Calculation of Enthalpy Changes of Basic Chemical Engineering