Consider entropy and its role in determining if chemical and physcial processes are spontaneous.  a) For any process to be spontaneous, what must happen to the entropy of the universe during that process? b) Water will spontaneously (but slowly) evaporate at room temperature even though the solid state has less disorder than the liquid state. Explain how this occurs in light of your answer to part (a).

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Consider entropy and its role in determining if chemical and physcial processes are spontaneous. 

a) For any process to be spontaneous, what must happen to the entropy of the universe during that process?

b) Water will spontaneously (but slowly) evaporate at room temperature even though the solid state has less disorder than the liquid state. Explain how this occurs in light of your answer to part (a). 

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