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← ScienceWhich outcome increases when a liquid nitrogen cryocooler spontaneously warms?
A)Increased entropy generation✓
B)Reduced thermal insulation
C)Higher cooling efficiency
D)Lower energy consumption
💡 Explanation
Increased ambient heat causes rapid LN2 phase transition to gas via evaporation; therefore **entropy generation** abruptly spikes and reduces thermodynamic potential, because disorganized molecular motion goes up drastically during phase change rather than efficient cooling.
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