Which of the following statements concerning entropy is NOT correct? a. The disp

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Which of the following statements concerning entropy is NOT correct?

a. The dispersal of matter, such as the spontaneous expansion of a gas, cannot be explained by an increase in entropy.

b. The entropy of a system is proportional to the natural log of the number of microstates.

c. The entropy of a system increases as the number of available microstates increases.

d. In a spontaneous process, S(universe) indicates the extent to which energy is dispersed.

e. Entropy is a measure of the extent of energy dispersal.

Explanation / Answer

a) is incorrect about entropy

The dispersal of matter, such as the spontaneous expansion of a gas, cannot be explained by an increase in entropy

it is incorrect asd entropy means disorder, it means dispersal of matter

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