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ERIC Number: EJ592119
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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ISSN: ISSN-0021-9584
Shuffled Cards, Messy Decks, and Disorderly Dorm Rooms--Examples of Entropy Increase? Nonsense!
Lambert, Frank L.
Journal of Chemical Education, v76 n10 p1385-87 Oct 1999
Explains that no permanent energy change occurs in a macro object after it has been transported from one location to another or when a group of them is scattered randomly. (WRM)
Descriptors: Chemistry, Energy, Entropy, Higher Education, Misconceptions, Science Instruction, Scientific Concepts, Secondary Education, Thermodynamics
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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