Mr Intron Posted September 27, 2004 Posted September 27, 2004 I know that entropy is a measure of molecular disorder of a system. But how come that two different molecules have two different entropy-values? Example: The entropy of Hydrogen H2(g) = 131 J/(K·mol); Helium He(g) = 126 J/(K·mol); Fluorine F2(g) = 203 J/(K·mol); ... and so on. (Standard values at 298K and 1atm) For me it would seem that the only factors (at inducing "randomness") to take into consideration would be size and #atoms/bonds in the molecule, but I can't seem to pick a trend... Anybody can help me here, I have some guesses myself....????
Mr Intron Posted October 18, 2004 Author Posted October 18, 2004 ... hmm, nobody want to give it a shot?
jdurg Posted October 18, 2004 Posted October 18, 2004 Don't forget the randomness of the particles in the nucleus, as well as the randomness in the electrons.
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