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What is the change in entropy (AS) when an icicle melts at 2°C?

What is the change in entropy (AS) when an icicle melts at 2°C?-example-1

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Option A is correct. △S> 0

Explanations:

What is entropy?

Entropy is defined as the degree of disorderliness or randomness of a reaction. For the icicle, if it melts at 2 degree celsius, it will change its state to liquid.

The entropy of a system changes with increase in its disorderliness and since liquid has a greater form of disorderliness than solid, hence the change in entropy when the icicle melts at 2°C will increase i.e △S > 0

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