A friend tells you that he knows of a situation in which bowl of ice sitting by itself on a table in a room whose air temperature is 20°C gives up heat to the surrounding air. What's wrong with this concept?

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The 2nd law of thermodynamics states that heat naturally flows from a hotter object to a cooler one, not the other way around. A bowl of ice cannot give up heat to the surrounding warmer air.

A Friend Tells You That He Knows of a Situation