A Sample of Water Is Heated at a Constant Pressure

question 79

Multiple Choice

A sample of water is heated at a constant pressure of one atmosphere. Initially, the sample is ice at 260 K, and at the end the sample consists of steam at 400 K. In which of the following 5K temperature intervals would there be the greatest increase in the entropy of the sample?

• A) from 260 K to 265 K
• B) from 275 K to 280 K
• C) from 360 K to 365 K
• D) 370 K to 375 K
• E) from 395 K to 400 K

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