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Ch.18 - Free Energy and Thermodynamics
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Capitolo 18, Problema 83b

Determine the sign of ΔSsys for each process. b. water freezing

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Identify the process: Water freezing is a phase change from liquid to solid.
Recall that entropy (ΔS) is a measure of disorder or randomness in a system.
Understand that in the liquid state, water molecules have more freedom of movement compared to the solid state.
Recognize that when water freezes, the molecules become more ordered as they form a crystalline structure.
Conclude that the entropy of the system decreases, so the sign of ΔS_sys is negative.

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