Chemistry: A Molecular Approach (3rd Edition)

Published by Prentice Hall
ISBN 10: 0321809246
ISBN 13: 978-0-32180-924-7

Chapter 17 - Sections 17.1-17.9 - Exercises - Problems by Topic - Page 852: 29

Answer

System B has the greatest entropy. There is only one energetically equivalent arrangement for System A. That being said, the particles of System B may exchange positions for a second energetically equivalent arrangement.

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System B has the greatest entropy. There is only one energetically equivalent arrangement for System A. That being said, the particles of System B may exchange positions for a second energetically equivalent arrangement.
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