General Chemistry 2

2nd law of
thermodynamics
entropy
"randomness and disorder" in a system can stay the same
or increase but not decrease.

Ice Melting
Entropy is perfectly shown by a melting ice.
Specific molecules are fixed and ordered as ice. As
ice melts, the molecules are free to move around,
resulting in chaos. When the water is heated to
become a gas, the molecules are free to float
about in space on their own. The entropy for each
of the reactions above will be positive.

unit of entropy is measured in disorder

J/K

Gas Gallon
Another example is a Gas Gallon, when this is
used, its entropy increases.

- Entropy has no limits and its change is measured

by the division between the heat change.
(temperature)

STEM 12-4
Dalman, Jhaziel