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For each of the following irreversible processes, explain
Chapter 2, Problem 40P(choose chapter or problem)
Problem 40P
For each of the following irreversible processes, explain how you can tell that the total entropy of the universe has increased.
a) Stirring salt into a pot of soup.
b) Scrambling an egg.
c) Humpty Dumpty having a great fall.
d) A wave hitting a sand castle.
e) Cutting down a tree.
f) Burning gasoline in an automobile.
Questions & Answers
QUESTION:
Problem 40P
For each of the following irreversible processes, explain how you can tell that the total entropy of the universe has increased.
a) Stirring salt into a pot of soup.
b) Scrambling an egg.
c) Humpty Dumpty having a great fall.
d) A wave hitting a sand castle.
e) Cutting down a tree.
f) Burning gasoline in an automobile.
ANSWER:
Step 1
introduction
An irreversible process is a process that cannot return both the system and the surroundings to their original conditions.
There are many factors that make a process irreversible.
The main causes are
Friction, unstrained expansion of fluid,heat transfer through a finite temperature difference and mixing of two different substance.
Entropy is a measure of the disorder or randomness of a system.The entropy of a chemical system depends on its energy and its multiplicity, or how many different ways its atoms and molecules can be arranged. By adding new arrangements or energy, you increase entropy.