Question

Which of the following processes would you predict to have an increase in entropy?

condensation of water



freezing water



melting ice



deposition of CO2 (changing from a gas to solid)

Answer 1

Answer: melting ice

Step-by-step explanation:

Entropy is the measure of randomness or disorder of a system. If a system moves from an ordered arrangement to a disordered arrangement, the entropy is said to decrease and vice versa.

1. condensation of water : Condensation process is a process where gaseous state changes to liquid state., thus decreasing randomness and decreasing entropy.

2. Freezing water : Freezing process is a process where liquid state changes to solid state, thus decreasing randomness and decreasing entropy.

3. melting ice: Fusion process is a process where solid state changes to liquid state, thus increasing randomness and increasing entropy.

4. deposition of
`CO_2`: deposition process where gaseous state changes to solid state by escaping liquid state, thus decreasing randomness and decreasing entropy.

Answer 2

Among the choices given, the best answer is the third option. Melting ice shows an increase in entropy. Entropy is the degree of disorderliness in a system. Among the phases, solid has the most ordered structure which means it has the least entropy. The ice melting shows a phase change from solid to liquid. Liquid molecules are more disorganized than the solid thus there is an increase in entropy.