Question: Considering positional disorder, would you expect a crystal of octahedral cis-MX 2 Y 4 to have the same, higher, or lower residual entropy than the

Considering positional disorder, would you expect a crystal of octahedral cis-MX2Y4 to have the same, higher, or lower residual entropy than the corresponding trans isomer? Explain your conclusion.Y M cis-MXY4 X trans-MXY4

Y M cis-MXY4 X trans-MXY4

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