- Entropy is a terminology in thermodynamics used to measure
disorder or randomness of any system.
- It is the heat content lost or absorbed isothermally and
reversibly by any system divided by the temperature in kelvin at
which the heat content absorbed or lost.
- It is s state function not path function , represented by
S .
S .= Q/T .ENTROPY
OF A SYSTEM IS DEFINED AS THE QUANTITY OF HEAT ABSORBED OR LOST
ISOTHERMALLY AND REVERSIBLY.
- Entropy is measurement of randomness . For a spontaneous
process or reaction to occur entropy should always be positive. For
non spontaneous processes entropy is always negative.
- THE THERMODYNAMIC RELATION BETWEEN ENTROPY , ENTHALPY AND FREE
ENERGY IS GIVEN AS -
G
=
H -
T
S , THE
SPONTANEITY OF ANY PROCESS CAN BE JUDGED WITH THIS RELATION.
7. An exemplary process . from solid to liquid to gaseous phases
entropy increases. For solid system entropy can be negative, since
in solid systems molecules or atoms or more ordered. For gaseous
systems entropy is positive .