Indicate whether the entropy of the system increases, decreases, or is unchanged for each of the...

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Indicate whether the entropy of the system increases, decreases,or is unchanged for each of the following processes:

a) water evaporates at room temperature

b) a gas condenses at its normal boiling point

c) cold water is heated to 120 F by a natural gas heater

d) water vapor forms ice crystals (frost) on your car'swindshield

e) CH4(g) + 2O2(g)<----> CO2(g)+ 2H2O(l)

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First lets remember the definiton of entropy By definition entropy isa measure of the number of specific realizations or microstates that may realize a thermodynamic system in a defined state specified by macroscopic variables Most understand entropy as a measure of molecular disorder within a macroscopic system In other words we can see entropy as the    See Answer
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