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[John Jacobus]

Jack,
The system that the protozans are in is a closed
system.  Their environment is the limited to the
testing chambers.  As cellular energy is consumed, the
entropy increases, chemical processes slow, and the
cells cease to function and die.


--- "Earley, Jack N" <Jack_N_Earley at RL.gov> wrote:

> "  cells must obey the second law of thermodynamics.
> 
>
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metabolism#Thermodynamics_of_living_organis
> ms"
> 
> 
> John--
> 
> I'm a little confused by your clarification. Cells
> are open, not closed,
> systems, so entropy is not applicable since they
> dissipate their
> disorder to their environment. I'm not disagreeing
> with your
> conclusions; I'm just missing the connection to
> entropy.
>  
>  
> Jack Earley
> Health Physicist
> 509.372.9532
> 


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-- John
John Jacobus, MS
Certified Health Physicist
e-mail:  crispy_bird at yahoo.com

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