What are the limitations of the first law of thermodynamics?

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(N/A) $(i)$ It does not specify the direction in which heat flows. It only states that energy is conserved.
$(ii)$ It fails to explain why heat cannot be converted into work automatically and completely in a cyclic process without any external effect.

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