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In order to take a nice warm bath, you mix 50 liters of hot water at 55°C with 25 liters of cold water at 10°C. How much new entropy have you created by mixing the water?

Short Answer

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By mixing the water, the change in entropy is745.65JK-1.

Step by step solution

01

Given

Amount of hot water =V1=50L=50000g

Temperature of hot water =T1=55°C=328K

Amount of cold water =V2=25L=25000g

Temperature of cold water =T2=10°C=283K

02

Calculation

Since the hot and cold waters are mixed together, the final temperature of the water can be given as:

Tf=T1×V1+T2×V2V1+V2

By substituting the values in the above equation, we get,

Tf=(328×50)+(283×25)50+25Tf=313K

The change in entropy is given as:

role="math" localid="1647236968068" ΔS=CV∫TiTf1TdT..........(1)

Where,

CV is the heat capacity at constant volume and is given as:
CV=mc

Where,

m= mass

c= specific heat

Hence, equation (1) can be written in a simplified way as:

ΔS=mclnTfTi..........(2)

Now,

for hot water:

Ti=328Km=50000g

By substituting the values in equation (2), we get,

role="math" localid="1647238076045" ΔShot=50000×4.18×ln313328ΔShot=-9783.38JK-1

for cold water:

Ti=283Km=25000g

By substituting the values in equation (2), we get,

ΔScold=25000×4.18×ln313283ΔScold=10529.03JK-1

Thus, the net entropy change can be given as:

ΔS=ΔShot+ΔScoldΔS=-9783.38+10529.03ΔS=745.65JK-1

03

Final answer

Hence, the required change in entropy can be calculated as745.65JK-1.

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