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Water is the only substance found naturally in all three states on Earth's surface.
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Water is the only substance found naturally in all three states on Earth's surface.
Which of the following processes entropy increases? A. A liquid evaporates to vapour. B. Temperature of a crystalline solid lowered from 130 K to 0 K. C. NaHCO NaCO CO HO(g) D. Cl Cl(g)
To determine in which processes entropy increases, we need to understand how entropy behaves in different scenarios.Entropy, denoted as is a measure of the disorder or randomness in a system. Generally, entropy increases when:⢠A substance changes from a more ordered state to a less ordered state (e.g., solid to liquid, liquid to gas).⢠The number of gas molecules increases in a chemical reaction.Let's analyze each option:A. A liquid evaporates to vapour.⢠When a liquid evaporates, it changes from a liquid state to a gaseous state.⢠The gaseous state is more disordered than the liquid state, so entropy increases.B. Temperature of a crystalline solid lowered from 130 K to 0 K.⢠Lowering the temperature of a crystalline solid generally decreases its entropy, as the molecules become more ordered.⢠Therefore, entropy decreases in this process.C. NaHCO NaCO CO HO(g)⢠In this reaction, solid sodium bicarbonate decomposes to form a solid, carbon dioxide gas, and water vapor.⢠The production of gases (CO and HO increases the disorder, hence increasing entropy.D. Cl Cl(g)⢠The dissociation of Cl into two Cl atoms increases the number of gas particles.⢠This increase in the number of particles results in increased disorder, thus increasing entropy.Based on the analysis, entropy increases in processes A, C, and D.Therefore, the correct option is 1: A, C, and D.
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