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i want a deep clarification in entropy
 

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Entropy is a measure of the unavailability of a system’s energy to do work.
Spontaneous changes tend to smooth out differences in temperature, density, pressure, and chemical potential that may exist in a system, and entropy is thus a measure of how far this smoothing-out process has progressed.
Take a glass of water with ice in it, the ice will get warmer and the water will get cooler. Entropy is a measure of how far this has progressed.
The relative entropy in this example would be highest after the ice has melted and all the water is at the same temperature.
 


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