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The conventional definition of work is the integral of F dot ds.
Suppose I bring 10 kg of trinitrotoluene into the aforementioned
Control Volume. Does that act represent 42 megajoules of work?
Certainly it has the ability raise a weight sky-high... but most
people would not call this act "work". Using the word "work" in
such idiosyncratic ways would lead to needless misunderstandings.