A property that must decrease when a gas condenses into a liquid is:
A
standard voltaic potential
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B
entropy
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C
enthalpy
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D
reaction rate
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Solution
The correct option is A entropy Entropy, S, is the measure of the amount of disorder in a molecular system. When a gas condenses into a liquid, the molecules become more organized, so the entropy of the system decreases.