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Chemical Engineering · Q29

Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics

Engineering and GATE · Chemical Engineering · question 29

Q29

A system is said to be at equilibrium, if the entropy of the system has reached __________ value.

A.
Minimum
B.
Zero
C.
Maximum
Answer
D.
None of these

Answer: Option C

Solution

Answer: Option C
Solution:
According to second law of thermodynamics, the entropy    for an irreversible or spontaneous process and   for a reversible process or almost equilibrium reached process. so for an natural process since there will be irreversibility always the system entropy goes on increasing until equilibrium is reached where the system entropy becomes equal to zero. Hence a maximum exists for a system.