Comment on the statement living state is a non equilibrium steady state to be able to perform work
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Equilibrium means that there is no performance, there is no work. In case of living organisms it is not true so they do not fall in this category as they are working all the time. Also they have concentrations of bio molecules in them that are in a metabolic flux and without metabolism there can not be any life. Hence, Living state is a non equilibrium steady state to be able to perform work.
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Living entities exist in a steady state that is characterized by the concentration of every biomolecule, which is in metabolic flux. Any physical or chemical phenomena move parallelly to the equilibrium. Living entities work continuously hence they cannot reach equilibrium. Thus living state is in a non-equilibrium steady-state to be able to perform work that is attained via energy provided by metabolism.
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