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Melting of wax is accompanied with ______________ in entropy?

Correct answer: A. Increase

  • A. Increase
  • B. Decrease
  • C. No change
  • D. None of these

Explanation

The liquid phase of wax is more disordered than its solid phase, so melting increases molecular disorder and entropy. For a reversible phase change, this is also consistent with ΔS = ΔH_fus/T > 0.

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