maximum thermal efficiency of a Carnot engine

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The maximum thermal efficiency for a Carnot engine operating between the temperatures T_c and T_h is

Tc 𝜖 = 1 − --- Th

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Physics Classification:	07.20.Pe (Heat engines; heat pumps; heat pipes)
	05. (Statistical physics, thermodynamics, and nonlinear dynamical systems )
	05.70.Ce (Thermodynamic functions and equations of state )

maximum thermal efficiency of a Carnot engine

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