Adsorption, coagulation, flocculation, and entropy

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Adsorption, coagulation, and flocculation are all important processes to remove or separate target substances from mixtures. In these processes, we can observe the spontaneous decrease of entropy.; can we therefore conclude that the second law of thermodynamics doesn't always apply. Comment on this contradiction.

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Hint: dH - TdST <= 0
 
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Think about the whole system entropy.
 
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