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Spontaneous processes occur without external energy input and tend to increase the entropy or disorder of a system. Examples include melting of ice, vaporization of liquids, and dissolution of solutes. Entropy is a measure of disorder at the microscopic level and is represented by the Boltzmann equation relating entropy (S) to the number of microstates (W). Spontaneous processes like phase changes from solid to liquid to gas tend to increase entropy by creating a more disordered arrangement of particles. Qu
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- Casey Gayoso
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