Answer to Question #78031 in General Chemistry for Chloe Lozano

Question

Which of the following statements is correct?

A. The solid state has the least amount of entropy associated with it.
B. The gaseous state has the least amount of entropy associated with it.
C. The entropy of a system decreases as the matter in the system increases.
D. The entropy of a system decreases as the temperature in the system increases.
E. None of the Above

Answer 1

In a solid each particle has only a small area of space between the neighboring nodes of the crystal lattice. It means that a solid is a more orderly and less chaotic system than the other state of matter. So, at an equal temperature, the entropy of the solid is less than the entropy of the other state of matter. Answer: A. The solid state has the least amount of entropy associated with it.