An Amount of Water Forms a Single Hexagonally Symmetric Snowflake

question 27

Multiple Choice

An amount of water forms a single hexagonally symmetric snowflake. Elsewhere the same amount of water is a droplet of liquid water. Which state has higher entropy?

• A) Their entropy levels are the same, since they are actually the same amount of H₂O, just different phases.
• B) The droplet of liquid water, since it is more unruly and can adopt almost any shape.
• C) The solid water, since it has a tight restriction to hexagonal symmetry.

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