Entropy
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- Created on: 14-04-11 21:25
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Entropy is an important aspect of thermodynamics, and is a property that all thermodynamic systems have.
Entropy, S, is a quantitative meausure of the degree of disorder in a system
All substances possess some degree of entropy, as they are always in constant motion. Values of Entropy are always positve, with a higher value indicating a higher level of disorder within a chemical system. A perfect crystal at absolute zero has zero entropy.
Entropy is related to energy, and it can be thought of as the dispersal of energy.
There is a general tendency towards higher entropy.
Entropy explains many natural processes, such as…
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