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    • https://phys.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Thermodynamics_and_Statistical_Mechanics/Thermodynamics_and_Statistical_Mechanics_(Nair)/05%3A_Thermodynamic_Potentials_and_Equilibrium/5.02%3A_Thermodynamic_Equilibrium
      he second law of thermodynamics implies that entropy does not decrease in any natural process. The final equilibrium state will thus be the state of maximum possible entropy. After attaining this maxi...he second law of thermodynamics implies that entropy does not decrease in any natural process. The final equilibrium state will thus be the state of maximum possible entropy. After attaining this maximum possible value, the entropy will remain constant. We can take S to be a function of U, V and N. The system, starting in an arbitrary state, adjusts U, V and N among its different parts and constitutes itself in such a way as to maximize entropy.

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