Answer
No
Work Step by Step
No, a process that separates a mixture into its components without requiring any work (exergy) input is impossible since such a process would violate the $2$nd law of thermodynamics.
Thermodynamics: An Engineering Approach 8th Edition
by Cengel, Yunus; Boles, Michael
Published by
McGraw-Hill Education
ISBN 10:
0-07339-817-9
ISBN 13:
978-0-07339-817-4
Chapter 13 - Gas Mixtures - Problems - Page 720: 13-73C
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