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If I have a container containing a liquid mixed with some other substance that has much a higher boiling point (i.e. water and salt). This liquid will be in equilibrium with its vapor (the salt vapor pressure is negligible).
Now I quasi-statically adiabatically expand this vapor. Isentropic process right?
But after some time, I've essentially distilled some salt. I can cover up the salt rocks, then begin to compress the vapor, again slowly. This compression is Isentropic right?
What's going on, what happened to the entropy of this system?
Sorry if this is a bad question with a trivial answer, it is late and I'm tired. Thanks for the help.
Now I quasi-statically adiabatically expand this vapor. Isentropic process right?
But after some time, I've essentially distilled some salt. I can cover up the salt rocks, then begin to compress the vapor, again slowly. This compression is Isentropic right?
What's going on, what happened to the entropy of this system?
Sorry if this is a bad question with a trivial answer, it is late and I'm tired. Thanks for the help.