Question

Can someone check my answer??

Which of the following systems reflects a decrease in entropy?

burning match

freezing water

evaporating alcohol <-----------------

breaking glass

Answer 1

@whpalmer4 please help

Answer 2

@hoblos

Answer 3

as much as i know is that entropy roughly means that something becomes more chaotic, less ordered; it means entropy increases when something goes from compact to spread out
thus it is minimum at solid state, more at liquid state, and maximum at gaseous state

Answer 4

so maybe the evaporation makes it much more ordered?

Answer 5

i mean more disordered

Answer 6

idk...this is confusing

Answer 7

yeah, more disordered means less ordered, which means an increase in entropy

Answer 8

you have to find the case where the substance is transformed to more ordered

Answer 9

maybe the water one...thats the only one that seems a little bit different

Answer 10

yeah it is the water freeze,
when water freezes it is changed from liquid state (more entropy) to solid state ( less entropy)
thus we have a decrease in entropy

Answer 11

yea, I am reading some more on it and that makes sense :) thanks for helping me clarify :)

Do you have time to help me review other q's or not really?

Answer 12

yeah of coarse
tag me on the question you ask and I'll try to help

Answer 13

thank you :)

Answer 14

any time :)