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11 years ago
How can i tell which process has the largest change in entropy out of:

Constant volume process
Constant pressure process
adiabatic process
a process where heat exchanged = 0
or a process where work done = 0

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11 years ago
This question is not answerable as written.  You do not even know the sign of the entropy change for the first two or the fifth type of process.   I assume all these processes refer to a closed system, so there is no exchange of matter with the surroundings.

The entropy change for a constant-volume process depends on the change in temperature and pressure for that process, as well as whether it's reversible process.


The entropy change for a constant-pressure e process depends on the change in temperature and volume for that process, as well as whether it's reversible process.

The entropy change for a *reversible* adiabatic process is zero.  The entopy change for a system undergoing an irreversible adiabatic process is > 0.  That's as much as you can say with the information given.

A process in which there is no exchange of thermal energy (heat) is the the definition of an adiabatic process.  See above.

A process in which no work is done (assuming we are only talking about mechanical work, w = p dV)) is one in which either the system expands irreversibly into a vacuum (a free expansion), or one in which the volume of the system is constant.  For the latter case, see the answer for a constant-volume process.  For the case of a free expansion, the entropy change is positive, but the magnitude depends on the size of the system (the ratio of the final to the initial volumes of the system).
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