Is the entropy of a substance in the gas phase greater than in the solid phase?

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Lucky13
Apr 11, 2017

YES!!

Explanation:

Think of entropy as the possible chaos a substance can have. In a gaseous state, all the particles can be at many different places, with much higher energy (as it takes energy to vaporize a substance). Whereas a solid will have a much more uniform energy distribution.

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