15.6 Entropy and the Second Law of Thermodynamics: Disorder and the Unavailability of Energy Figure 15.32 The ice in this drink is slowly melting. Eventually the liquid will reach thermal equilibrium, as predicted by the second law of themodynamics. (credit: Jon Sullivan, PDPhoto.org)

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Entropy and the Second Law of Thermodynamics: Disorder and the Unavailability of Energy
• Define entropy and calculate the increase of entropy in a system with reversible and irreversible processes.
• Explain the expected fate of the universe in entropic terms.
• Calculate the increasing disorder of a system.

15.6 Entropy and the Second Law of Thermodynamics: Disorder and the
Unavailability of Energy
Figure 15.32 The ice in this drink is slowly melting. Eventually the liquid will reach thermal equilibrium, as predicted by the second law of
themodynamics. (credit: Jon Sullivan, PDPhoto.org)
Transcribed Image Text:15.6 Entropy and the Second Law of Thermodynamics: Disorder and the Unavailability of Energy Figure 15.32 The ice in this drink is slowly melting. Eventually the liquid will reach thermal equilibrium, as predicted by the second law of themodynamics. (credit: Jon Sullivan, PDPhoto.org)
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