An ideal gas initially confined to the left half of a rigid

CHEMISTRY · Subjective · A Level · Chemistry · Thermodynamics · Thermodynamics

Problem

An ideal gas initially confined to the left half of a rigid, perfectly insulated container is allowed to expand freely into the entire volume when the partition is suddenly removed. No heat is exchanged with the surroundings. Identify the sign of the entropy change for (a) the gas and (b) the surroundings (outside the container).

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