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$\Delta S_{\text {surr }}$ is sometimes called the energy disorder term. Explain.
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ΔS (change in entropy) is a measure of the change in the number of possible microstates (configurations) of a system. In other words, it represents the change in the degree of disorder or randomness in a system. Show more…
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