Question

This quantity equals the negative partial derivative of the grand potential with respect to temperature. Ignoring the indistinguishability of particles leads to a non-extensive form of this quantity in the Gibbs paradox. Like temperature, (10[1])the Carnot cycle contains two steps in which this quantity is constant. (-5[2])This quantity was defined as proportional to the natural logarithm of the number of microstates (10[2])by Ludwig (10[2])Boltzmann. (10[2])The “arrow (-5[1])of time” is defined because this quantity is (-5[1])non-decreasing for isolated systems by the Second Law of Thermodynamics. For 10 points, name this quantity that is informally the amount of disorder in a system. ■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: entropy [accept Boltzmann entropy; prompt on S]
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2024 ACF Fall at CornellfallY989%0%22%66.38
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio StatefallY9100%0%44%67.00
2024 ACF Fall at WashingtonfallY7100%0%29%70.00
2024 ACF Fall at GeorgiafallY1493%0%36%72.69
2024 ACF Fall at North CarolinafallY9100%0%0%70.33
2024 ACF Fall at Claremont CollegesfallY1100%0%0%60.00
2024 ACF Fall at RutgersfallY7100%0%0%52.86
2024 ACF Fall at IllinoisfallY9100%0%22%51.00

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