Chapter 4, Problem 4F.6E

Interpretation Introduction

Interpretation:

The change in entropy of an ideal gas atom which are associated with isothermal compression has to be determined.

Concept Introduction:

The degree of randomness in a system is the measured in terms of entropy.  Higher the entropy greater will be the disorder in the system.  The mathematical expression for the calculation of entropy for an isothermal process in terms of initial and final volume is shown below.

$\Delta \text{S}=\text{nR}\text{ln}\left(\frac{{\text{V}}_2}{{\text{V}}_1}\right)$