tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34480619.post3708860662959087911..comments2024-03-11T13:47:03.621-05:00Comments on Physics and Physicists: Rust And EntropyZapperZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15861398273820851809noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34480619.post-4458361991903919522010-11-11T08:37:54.103-06:002010-11-11T08:37:54.103-06:00A better explanation would involve the Gibbs free ...A better explanation would involve the Gibbs free energy, but I don't think the statement about entropy is 100% misleading. The reason the reaction runs predominantly one direction (ending in the establishment of equilibrium in terms of energy and particle number between the reactants and products) is precisely the tendency of the whole system (reactants, products, + energy reservoir that is the surroundings) to find a macrostate corresponding to the greatest number of microstates, subject to the constraints that this take place at some temperature (of the environment) and pressure (of the gas).Douglas Natelsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13340091255404229559noreply@blogger.com