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, the Carnot cycle (10[1])contains two steps (10[1])in which this quantity is constant. This quantity (10[1])was defined as proportional to the natural logarithm of the number (10[1])of microstates by Ludwig (10[1])Boltzmann. (10[1])The “arrow (10[1])of time” is defined because this quantity is 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■

ANSWER: entropy [accept Boltzmann entropy; prompt on S]
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Derek Chen (UG)Columbia A (UG)NYU A (UG)3610
Ethan Furman (DII)Penn A (DII)Columbia J (DII)3910
Sidhant Chaliha (DII)Princeton A (UG)Bard A (UG)4710
Alex Lin (DII)Rutgers BNYU B5810
Andy Yu (DII)Maryland A (DII)Rutgers A (UG)6210
Neilesh Shroti (UG)Columbia BFordham A6310
Rohit Chintala (DII)Maryland B (DII)Rowan A (DII)6510

Summary

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