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Having trouble with an entropy problem...
« on: April 16, 2013, 06:04:02 AM »
I'm just genuinely not understanding what's being asked of me here...or how to go about getting ΔS. Any insight would be much appreciated.

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Re: Having trouble with an entropy problem...
« Reply #1 on: April 16, 2013, 09:23:42 AM »
What equations do you know that are expression of ΔS?  And before you do any calculations, do you expect ΔS to be positive or negative for this kind of process?  Always try to conceptually understand what's going on before you plug numbers into an equation.  That way you understand what the equations mean.
What men are poets who can speak of Jupiter if he were like a man, but if he is an immense spinning sphere of methane and ammonia must be silent?  - Richard P. Feynman

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