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Thermodynamic Limit

Carnot efficiency, the theoretical maximum efficiency of any heat engine operating between two temperatures, treated in this atlas as a working concept of energy systems rather than derived physics, per this atlas's own SEAMS convention with the science atlas. Belongs here: concepts that state a fundamental physical limit on energy conversion.

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