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← ScienceWhich risk increases due thermal contact differences within a Carnot engine?
A)Increased energy waste by entropy
B)Decreasing maximum obtainable efficiency✓
C)Faster heat engine energy depletion
D)Lower effective expansion capability
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Lower maximum obtainable efficiency will result when significant thermal variation exists within a Carnot engine because thermal irreversibility raises entropy. Therefore, less work can be extracted for each cycle, rather than the ideal lossless limit.
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