Point i in Fig. 20-19 represents the initial state of an ideal gas at temperature T. Taking algebraic ~ signs into account, rank the entropy ~ changes that the gas undergoes as it ~ moves, successively and reversibly, from point i to points a, b, c, and d, greatest first.
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A box contains 100 atoms in a configuration that has 50 atoms in each half of the box. Suppose that you could count the different microstates associated with this configuration at the rate of 100 billion states per second, using a supercomputer. Without written calculation, guess how much computing time you would need: a day, a year, or much more than a year.
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The first step in solving 20 problem number 6 trying to solve the problem we have to refer to the textbook question: A box contains 100 atoms in a configuration that has 50 atoms in each half of the box. Suppose that you could count the different microstates associated with this configuration at the rate of 100 billion states per second, using a supercomputer. Without written calculation, guess how much computing time you would need: a day, a year, or much more than a year.
From the textbook chapter ENTROPY AND THE SECOND LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS you will find a few key concepts needed to solve this.
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