When a saturated solution of a salt is cooled, a precipitate crystallizes out. Is the entropy of

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When a saturated solution of a salt is cooled, a precipitate crystallizes out. Is the entropy of the crystalline precipitate greater or less than the dissolved solute? Explain why this process is spontaneous.

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Physical Chemistry

ISBN: 978-0321812001

3rd edition

Authors: Thomas Engel, Philip Reid

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