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Milk is poured into a cup of tea and is mixed with a spoon. Is this an example of reversible process ? Give reason for your answer.

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When milk is mixed in tea, certain amount of work done is on the system which appears in the from of heat. The milk can not be separated from the tea with the recovery of same work from heat. So this is not a reversible process
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