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What is the change in entropy when sodium chloride dissolves in water​

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The entropy increases when sodium chloride is dissolved in water. The ions that were held together in crystalline solid are now moving in all possible directions. Thus entropy increases.

Sodium chloride(NaCl) in water is an endothermic reaction, which means the heat is absorbed. So it will be greater than 0.

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