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Entropy of a piece of burning wood?

What happens to the entropy of a piece of wood as it is burned?-increases-decreases-stays the same
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Dana Herzog

Feb 20, 2025

increasesthink of entropy as randomness. the wood has a particular order to it. when you burn it, you convert all the cellulose in the wood to CO2 and H2O and some NxOy. and those molecules are released into the atmosphere and scatter. randomness is increased.... Show More
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Dana Herzog

Feb 20, 2025

Entropy is a measure of the DISorder of a system (in this case the wood). In this situation, the wood is being burned, and potential energy is being released, and the ordered wood becomes disordered carbon dioxide and water vapor. This leads to the entropy increasing.... Show More
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