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One mole of ice at is melted () and the water is then heated reversibly to (, constant). Which statements are correct?

  1. AThe entropy change on melting is about .
  2. BThe entropy change on heating the liquid is about .
  3. CThe total entropy change of the water is about .
  4. DIf the heating is done by a single hot plate at , for the heating step is zero.

Answer: A, B, C

Melting: . Heating: . Total (A, B, C true). Using would give , which is wrong. With one hot plate at the heat transfer is irreversible: the plate loses only of entropy, less than the water gains (19.4), so (D false).
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