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Physics of paper absorbing Water -- Doesn't this decrease Entropy?
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[QUOTE="Demystifier, post: 6803410, member: 61953"] Energy is conserved, hence closed systems do not evolve into lower energy states. Instead, they evolve into lower [I]potential[/I] energy states. Why? Because lower potential energy means higher kinetic energy (because total energy is conserved), and kinetic energy can take the form of thermal motion, which means higher temperature and hence higher entropy. [/QUOTE]
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