Physical Chemistry: Thermodynamics, Structure, and Change

Published by W. H. Freeman
ISBN 10: 1429290196
ISBN 13: 978-1-42929-019-7

Chapter 3 - Topic 3A - Entropy - Exercises - Page 149: 3A.5(a)

Answer

3.1 J/K

Work Step by Step

Recall that when the temperature is constant, $\Delta S=nR\ln\frac{V_{f}}{V_{i}}$ $\implies \Delta S=(\frac{15\,g}{44\,g/mol})(8.314\,J\,mol^{-1}K^{-1})(\ln\frac{3.0\,dm^{3}}{1.0\,dm^{3}})$ $=3.1\,J/K$
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