chapter 16: spontaneous entropy Flashcards
what is the first law of thermodynamics
- energy cannot be created or destroyed
- total energy of the Universe is constant
- 3. energy can be transferred
what is the equation for
Euniverse
Euniverse= 0= Esystem + Esurroundings
what is internal energy
the total energy in a system ( kinetic + potential)
what is a spontaneous process?
a process that can proceed without any outside energy ( proceed on its own)
what is a nonspontaneous process
- requires energy to proceed
if something is spontaneous in one direction, what will happen in the other direction?
if something is spontaneous in one direction then it will be nonspontaneous in the other direction
what is an example of of a spontaneous process
nail rusting
what is the spontaneous and nonspontaneous of melting and freezing in ice
- above 0 degrees is spontaneous to melt
- below 0 is spont. for ice to form
does rate or speed affect spontaneity
no, a process can be spontaneous and slow
what is the difference between thermodynamics and kinetics
- thermodynamics tells us the DIRECTION and EXTENT of the rxn
- Kinetics tells us the speed of the reaction
when a piece of metal is heated to 150 degrees and added to water and the water gets hotter is that spontaneous or nonspontaneous
that is spontaneous because heat is flowing from high to low ( meaning no energy input)
if a decompose H2O into H2 and O2
that is a nonspontaneus process because it takes energy to break them apart
endothermic does not equal
nonspontaneous
most spontaneous processes are what
exothermic but some are endothermic
what are the two factors that are involved in spontaneous processes
- decrease in the energy (enthalpy)
- @ a constant temp, an increase in the disorder of a system ( entropy)
what is the symbol for entropy
S
what is entropy
the amount of randomness or disorder in a system or the increase of the ways to rearrange the components
what is the entropy formula
S = k ln(W)
- k = 1.38x^-23
W = the number of ways to arrange the components
what happens to S when W increases
S also increases
what are some examples of a macrostate
P,V,T
what is a microstate
number of different possible arrangements of molecular position and kinetic energy at a particular thermodynamic stat
what is the relationship between entropy and microstates
entropy increases = # of microstates increases
what is the second law of thermo
- any spont process, the entropy of the universe increases (Suniv >0)
- entropy is NOT conserved
- systems proceed to increase the entropy of the univ
what causes an increase in entropy
- increase in temp
- increase in moving molecules
- increase in volume
what does the change in entropy depend on
the initial and final states of the system
S= Sfinal -Sinitial
how does temp increase cause an increase in entropy
increase in temp = increase in speed of moving particles = greater KE= microstates increase
will a increase in temp have a wider or skinner graph
wider graph
how does greater volume increase with entropy
greater volume = more number of positions for molecules to occupy
how does entropy increase with phase changes
more freedom of motion= increase in entropy
Solids < liquid