Chapter 16, Problem 4QRT

Interpretation Introduction

Interpretation:

The five qualitative rules which are useful in predicting the entropy changes when any chemical or physical change occur have to be stated.

Concept Introduction:

The term entropy is used to represent the randomness in a system.  When a system moves from an ordered arrangement to a less order arrangement, then the entropy of the system increases.  The second law of thermodynamics state that “the entropy of the system either increases or remains the same.”