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 cylindrical copper rod of length 1.50 m and radius 2.00 cm is insulated to prevent heat loss through its curved sUliace. One end is attached to a thermal reservoir fixed at 300C; the other is attached to a thermal reservoir fixed at 30.0e. What is the rate at which entropy increases for the rod - reservoirs system?
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