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Offline SilentBlade91

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« on: September 25, 2010, 11:21:48 PM »
how do you determine if the entropy of a reaction is positive or negative in an acid base reaction
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Re: entropy
« Reply #1 on: September 26, 2010, 07:48:26 AM »
I think if there is a change of state, for example a gas is released from the reaction, then the total entropy increases and it is positive.
Generally it increases as solid changes to liquid, or liquid changes to gas.
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