When solid borax is dissolved in water do you expect entropy of the system to increase or decrease? will the sign of delta s be posoitive or negative?

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Katelynn Francis

26 October, 10:34

When solid borax is dissolved in water do you expect entropy of the system to increase or decrease? will the sign of delta s be posoitive or negative?

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Nico Hendricks · Answer 1

When a solid is dissolved, the state transitions to a liquid - a higher entropy substance than the previous solid. Therefore, the entropy of the system will increase, and, by convention, the sign of delta S will be positive.