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Chapter 18, Problem 13CQ

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Problem 13CQ

If you clean up a messy room, putting things back where they belong, you decrease the room's entropy. Does this violate the second law of thermodynamics? Explain.

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Problem 13CQ

If you clean up a messy room, putting things back where they belong, you decrease the room's entropy. Does this violate the second law of thermodynamics? Explain.

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Solution 13CQ

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To check whether the 2nd law of Thermodynamics is violated.

Entropy is a term coined from 2nd law of thermodynamics and it is the degree of disorder of a system.

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