[ATM] Entropy OT

["Mike Spooner" <spoon@PageAmerica.net>]

I don't believe you removed any entropy although enthalpy may have come into 
play during the redistribution of the compounds (which may have also caused 
a temporary blip in the entropy local measuements) ...But I could be wrong. 
:)

 --Mike

> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Richard Schwartz" <richas@earthlink.net>
> To: "David Williams" <dwilliams1128@earthlink.net>
> Cc: <atm@atmlist.net>
> Sent: Monday, November 01, 2004 9:15 AM
> Subject: Re: [ATM] Entropy OT
>
>
>> While we are on the subject of entropy, here is a problem.   I start out
>> with glass that is 50% silica and 50% borax.    By some physical or 
>> chemical
>> process, I end up with two chunks that are respectively 75% silica and 
>> 75%
>> borax.   How much entropy have I removed from the system?    How might I
>> compute the energy required to accomplish this, under the laws of
>> thermodynamics?   It has been a long time since I had thermo, but I am 
>> just
>> now starting to get old and....  I forgot...
>>
>> . . . Richard
>>
> 


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