The Physics of Everyday Phenomena
The Physics of Everyday Phenomena
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ISBN: 9780073513904
Author: W. Thomas Griffith, Juliet Brosing Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 11, Problem 27CQ

When a substance freezes, the molecules become more organized and the entropy decreases. Does this involve a violation of the entropy statement of the second law of thermodynamics? Explain.

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