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Chapter 6.1, Problem 1CC
Which do you think has more entropy, a NaCl crystal at the bottom of a beaker of water or the solution that would be formed after the Na+ and Cl− ions forming the crystal have dissolved in the water?
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Ch. 6.1 - Which do you think has more entropy, a NaCl...Ch. 6.1 - Prob. 2CCCh. 6.2 - Prob. 1CCCh. 6.2 - Prob. 2CCCh. 6.2 - Prob. 1CSCh. 6.2 - Prob. 1EQCh. 6.2 - Prob. 2EQCh. 6.2 - Prob. 3EQCh. 6.3 - Prob. 1CSCh. 6.3 - Prob. 2CS
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