when donig entropy whats the easiest way to know if something willincrease or de
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when donig entropy whats the easiest way to know if something willincrease or decrease???like for example building a house is decrease
cleaning a room is decrease
and burning would is increase
is it because building a house and cleaning a room can be done inany method as opposed to burning wood can only be done through oneprocess???
can someone explain?
some other examples i had were
combing hair and (also increase bc combing hair producesheat...)
disolving salt (which should be increase)
if you guys also have some examples you can give me i'd bethankful!
Explanation / Answer
a decrease in entropy means there is energy going into thesystem, an increase in entropy is energy given off. it takes energy to build a house it takes energy to clean a room burning wood releases energy in the form of fire.Related Questions
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