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    This document discusses two examples involving entropy changes: 1) An ice cube melting in a kitchen - the entropy changes were calculated for the melting ice cube, the warmed water, and the kitchen. The net change was found to be positive, consistent with the second law of thermodynamics. 2) Suddenly compressing a gas in a cylinder - the work done and internal energy change of the gas were calculated. Using the thermodynamic identity, the entropy change of the gas was found, and this result was consistent with the second law.

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    This document discusses two examples involving entropy changes: 1) An ice cube melting in a kitchen - the entropy changes were calculated for the melting ice cube, the warmed water, and the kitchen. The net change was found to be positive, consistent with the second law of thermodynamics. 2) Suddenly compressing a gas in a cylinder - the work done and internal energy change of the gas were calculated. Using the thermodynamic identity, the entropy change of the gas was found, and this result was consistent with the second law.

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    PHYS2020 Semester One 2019 Worksheet 5: Entropy changes and the thermodynamic identity

    5 Entropy changes and the thermodynamic identity


    5.1 The entropic cost of melting
    (20 mins) An ice cube (mass 30g) at 0° C is left sitting on the kitchen table, where it gradually melts.
    The temperature of the kitchen is 25 ° C.
    (a) Calculate the change in the entropy of the ice cube as it melts into water at 0° C. (Don't worry
    about the fact that the volume changes somewhat.)
    (b) Calculate the change in the entropy of the water (from the melted ice) as its temperature rises
    from 0° C to 25 ° C .
    (c) Calculate the change in the entropy of the kitchen as it gives up heat to the melting ice/water.
    (d) Calculate the net change in the entropy of the universe during this process. Is the net change
    positive, negative or zero? Is this consistent with the second law?

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    (20 mins) A cylinder contains one litre of air at room temperature and atmospheric pressure. At one
    end of the cylinder is a massless piston, whose surface area is 0.01 m2• Suppose that you push the
    piston in very suddenly, exerting a force of 2000 N. The piston moves only one millimetre, before it
    is stopped by an immovable barrier of some sort.

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    PHYS2020 Semester One 2019 Worksheet 5: Entropy changes and the thermodynamic identity

    (a) How much work have you done on this system (cylinder+ gas+ piston)?

    (b) How much heat have you added to the system?

    (c) Assuming that all the energy added goes into the gas (not the piston or cylinder walls), by how
    much does the internal energy of the gas increase?

    (d) Use the thermodynamic identity to calculate the change in the entropy of the gas (once it has
    reached its new equilibrium).

    (e) Is the result in (d) consistent with the second law? Explain.

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