Which limitation of a heat engine is imposed by the second law of thermodynamics?

  • A
    It cannot convert heat completely into work.
  • B
    It cannot convert work completely into heat.
  • C
    It cannot operate in a cycle.
  • D
    It cannot have an efficiency of $100\%$.

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