Chemistry A-Level
Number of accessible microstates in each state
What Number of accessible microstates in each state means in Chemistry A-Level, as defined for OCR.
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The gas has a greater number of accessible microstates than the liquid or solid, because particles in a gas move freely through a large volume and can occupy many positions and momenta.
Topics that use Number of accessible microstates in each state
- Enthalpy and entropy (OCR A-Level)
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- Activation energy and reaction rate
- Comparison of solid, liquid and gas
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- Entropy of the system
- Feasibility and the sign of ∆G
- Freedom of motion of particles in each state
- Gibbs equation and free energy change
- Gibbs free energy and feasibility
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