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Which process involves an increase in entropy?
crystallization of a solute from a solution
ice melting into liquid water
iodine vapor forming solid iodine
condensing a gas into a liquid
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Ice melting into liquid water.
Melting converts the ordered solid lattice to a more disordered liquid, so entropy increases. The other processes (crystallization, vapor → solid, gas → liquid) go toward more order and decrease entropy.
Melting converts the ordered solid lattice to a more disordered liquid, so entropy increases. The other processes (crystallization, vapor → solid, gas → liquid) go toward more order and decrease entropy.
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