Question: (a) What does a positive entropy change in a closed system imply about the change in the number of basic states? (b) How does Eq.19.8

(a) What does a positive entropy change in a closed system imply about the change in the number of basic states?

(b) How does Eq.19.8 show that a gas expands if given more room?

(c) How does it show that the gas does not contract spontaneously into a subvolume?


Equation

ASS S = (N In V - N In 8V) - (N

ASS S = (N In V - N In 8V) - (N In V - N In 8V) (19.8) = N In V-N In V = N In In M (closed system at equilibrium).

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