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For either a monatomic ideal gas or a high-temperature Einstein solid, the entropy is given by times some logarithm. The logarithm is never large, so if all you want is an order-of-magnitude estimate, you can neglect it and just say . That is, the entropy in fundamental units is of the order of the number of particles in the system. This conclusion turns out to be true for most systems (with some important exceptions at low temperatures where the particles are behaving in an orderly way). So just for fun, make a very rough estimate of the entropy of each of the following: this book (a kilogram of carbon compounds); a moose of water ; the sun of ionized hydrogen .

Short Answer

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The rough estimate of the entropy of each of the following:

For1kgbook is S~692.484JK1;

For 400kgmoose is S~184644JK1;

For sun isS~1.6621034JK1.

Step by step solution

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Step: 1 Finding entropy of book:

We can see that the entropy of an ideal gas is Nktimes a logarithm, and that the entropy of an Einstein solid is likewise Nktimes a logarithm. Because Nis a high number for any macroscopic item and the logarithm is considerably smaller, we may ignore the log part and choose S~Nkfor an approximate order-of-magnitude estimate of the entropy. Here are a few examples of such estimates:

Taking 1kgof carbon with molar mass of 12103kgmol1for 1kgof book,the number of molecule is

N=NumberofatomsinonemoleNumberofmolesN=NumberofatomsinonemoleMassMolarmassN=6.0221023112103N=5.0181025.

Entropy as

S~Nk

Substituting k=1.381023JK1,so the entropy of book as

S~5.01810251.381023S~692.484JK1

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Step: 2 Finding the entropy of moose:

For a 400kgof mooses,the approximate of 400kgof water with molar mass of 18103kgmol1,the number of molecules is

N=6.022102340018103N=1.3381028

The entropy mooses is

role="math" localid="1650273675935" S~NkS~1.33810281.381023S=184644JK1.

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Step: 3 Finding entropy of sun:

For sun,the ionized hydrogen of 21030kgwith molar mass is103kgmol1 ,the number of molecules is

N=6.022102321030103N=1.20441057

The entropy is

S~1.204410571.381023S=1.6621034JK1.

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