Entropy Change for an Isolated System
This is called the
Principle of Increasing Entropy
.
Consider the
isolated system
, shown here.Recall from Chapter 1 that no mass or energy crosses the boundary of an isolated system.
Therefore, an
isolated system
is a closed, adiabatic system.0
because:
Isolated closed system
The universe is an isolated system.
Therefore, we can conclude that:
Therefore, we can conclude that:
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