In almost every process there is an increase in the entropy in the universe. For example, lets say your room is dirty so you think you are decreasing entropy by cleaning it up (decreasing disorder). The truth is that you expend a great amount of energy cleaning your room, and that energy is ultimately released into the universe as heat energy. That heat energy is a less ordered form of energy than the form you received it in, which are the chemical bonds in food. The chemical bonds in food are relatively ordered, but heat energy is very random. heat energy dissipates into the universe randomly, with little order or integrity. So you see, no process conserves all the energy in the process, as some energy is dissipated, or "wasted", as heat energy. When you hit a pool ball into another, the friction between the balls takes some of the energy of the collision away, in the form of friction. Friction generates heat (as you know from rubbing your hands togeter in the cold). I hope these brief examples demonstrate that all processes increase the entropy of the universe (in the form of heat energy).
In short, it is an increase in two things within a given system.
1. increase in disorder
2. increase in the % of unusable energy
Increasing entropy: irreversible changes in the system, disorder.
An increase of entropy is practically equivalent to more disorder.
ANY process will result in the increase of total entropy.
Yes. Diffusion will increase the entropy.
The entropy of the universe is increasing
At high temperature the entropy increase.
Total entropy ALWAYS increases; not just in reactants. The details are a bit complicated, but roughly, the increase in entropy is a result of the laws of statistics.
A gas typically increases the entropy much more than the increase in moles.
Yes. Diffusion will increase the entropy.
The entropy of the universe is increasing
The entropy increases.
Reactions that increase the moles of gas will increase in entropy.
No method is known by which the increase of entropy can be violated.
There is always an increase in the entropy of the universe.
At high temperature the entropy increase.
In a nutshell, yes. The water will go from a higher concentration to a lower concentration to increase the entropy of the lower concentration area. The increase in entropy of the lower concentration area would be greater than the loss of entropy of the higher concentration giving you a NET increase in total entropy.
Total entropy ALWAYS increases; not just in reactants. The details are a bit complicated, but roughly, the increase in entropy is a result of the laws of statistics.
A gas typically increases the entropy much more than the increase in moles.
Entropy always increases.It is sometimes stated that an increase in entropy means an increase in disorder - though that is not a very accurate description.
Increase. The heat from your hand will melt the snow causing it to go from a low entropy solid state to a higher entropy liquid state.