10 kg of Cu and 10 kg of steel, both at 95 C, are dropped into identical tanks of water (10 kg, 25 C, 1 bar).
a) What is the exergy of each piece of metal? Report your answer in kJ.
b) What are the entropy generation and exergy destruction for the two systems? Report your answers in kJ/K and kJ, respectively.
c) If your answers for b) differ provide a physical explanation for why they don't match.