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Author: Cecie Starr, Ralph Taggart, Christine Evers, Lisa Starr
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 5, Problem 3SQ
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Introduction: Entropy is a measure of how much energy of a particular system has been dispersed. The entropy of the system increases on heat dispersal, as the molecule tends to disperse. This is a measure of randomness.
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