When equal volumes of ethanol and water are mixed to form a solution, the entropy of the resulting solution increases. This is because ethanol and water are both polar substances, making them miscible. The solubility of both substances is high because they have similar attractions due to the presence of hydrogen bonding. This means that molecules of water and ethanol freely move with each other, therefore increasing the dispersal, randomness, and disorder (entropy) of the system.
energy is used to break bonds in reactants and energy is released when new bonds form in products.The law of conservation of energy states that matter cannot be created or destroyed. Whether a chemical reaction absorbs or releases energy there is no overall change in the amount of energy during the reaction.
