Which risk increases with isothermal expansion inefficiencies during a Carnot cycle?

💡 Explanation

Inefficiencies during isothermal expansion reduce the net work. This is because friction converts some work into heat, increasing entropy generation rather than useful output; therefore the work diminishes rather than other thermal properties changing.

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