Imagine a chemist is in the lab and trying to make some chemical reactions happen. In one reaction she reacts chemicals in an ex

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Imagine a chemist is in the lab and trying to make some chemical reactions happen. In one reaction she reacts chemicals in an ex

othermic reaction and there is an increase in entropy. A second chemical reaction she is trying to run is endothermic and there is a decrease in entropy. Which of the two reactions is more likely to occur and why?

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VikaD [51] · Answer 1 · 2022-05-24T17:31:16+03:00

Imagine a chemist is in the lab and trying to make some chemical reactions happen. In one reaction she reacts chemicals in an exothermic reaction and there is an increase in entropy. A second chemical reaction she is trying to run is endothermic and there is a decrease in entropy. Which of the two reactions is more likely to occur and why?