State the Clausius statement of the second law of thermodynamics.

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(N/A) The Clausius statement of the second law of thermodynamics states that it is impossible to construct a device operating in a cycle that produces no effect other than the transfer of heat from a body at a lower temperature to a body at a higher temperature without the input of external work.

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