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Subject: chemistry
Category: Science > Chemistry
Asked by: teatea-ga
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Posted: 26 Jul 2003 18:47 PDT
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Question ID: 235513
In the winter, under certain conditions related to water vapor
pressure in the air, snow will sublime. Which of the following
describes the entropy change during the sublimation?
a. increases
b. varies at random
c. remains the same
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Subject: Re: chemistry
Answered By: elmarto-ga on 26 Jul 2003 19:11 PDT
Rated:5 out of 5 stars
 
Hi teatea!
The correct answer is (a): the entropy increases as snow becomes water
vapor (that is, as snow sublimes, or as water goes from solid to
gaseous state).

"Entropy is a measure of the randomness or disorder of a substance.
The entropy of a solid is less than of a liquid is less than of a gas.
As the temperature increases, the substance becomes more disordered,
its entropy increases."

Science Foundations
http://216.239.37.104/search?q=cache:54HwHvVe8xMJ:www.chem.usyd.edu.au/~mjtj/EDUF1014/EDUF1014.topics/Topic6.html+%22entropy+change%22+sublimation+water&hl=en&ie=UTF-8


Google search strategy 
"entropy change" sublimation water
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I hope this helps! If you have any doubt regarding this answer, please
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Best wishes! 
elmarto
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