It is a reversible process thought to be caused by stem cell reprogramming.
In some cases, it is important to distinguish between reversible and quasistatic processes.
The equal sign will hold for a reversible process.
According to the second law of thermodynamics we have for a reversible process:
If the concentration of carbon is held constant, this is a reversible process.
They got no civil rights: the law didn't recognize death as a reversible process.
Dissociation absorbs a great deal of energy in a reversible process.
From the second law of thermodynamics, for a reversible process we may say that .
The equality sign holds in the case that only reversible processes take place inside the system.
A reversible process is one in which this sort of dissipation does not happen.