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Chapter 10, Problem 76TAE(choose chapter or problem)
QUESTION:
Water evaporates from a salt solution and leaves behind salt crystals that have a higher degree of molecular order than the more randomly moving molecules in the saltwater. Has the entropy principle been violated? Why or why not?
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QUESTION:
Water evaporates from a salt solution and leaves behind salt crystals that have a higher degree of molecular order than the more randomly moving molecules in the saltwater. Has the entropy principle been violated? Why or why not?
ANSWER:Step 1 of 2
The order of the salt crystals is at the expense of a larger disorder of the water in the vapour state after evaporation, hence the entropy principle has not been violated.