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Q.What is the usual definition of entropy? What is the unit of entropy?

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Step 1. Entropy is introduced by the second law as a measure of the randomness or disorder of a system's molecules.

Step 2. Its rigorous thermodynamic definition concerns the change resulting from a process: dS=dqrev/TdS=dq_{rev}/T -- heat exchanged reversibly, divided by the temperature at which the exchange occurs. …

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