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For which among the following reactions, change in entropy is less than zero?
(a)Sublimation of iodine
(b)Dissociation of hydrogen
(c)Formation of water
(d)Thermal decomposition of calcium carbonate

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Important Questions on Chemical Thermodynamics and Energetics
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The unit of entropy is:

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What is the entropy change (in ), when one mole of ice is converted into water at ? (The enthalpy change for the conversion of ice to liquid water is at ).

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One mole of , on melting absorbed of heat and its entropy is increased by . The melting point of is :

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One mole of water at is converted into steam at at a constant pressure of . The change in entropy is_______. (heat of vaporisation of water at ).

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If the enthalpy of vaporisation for water is , the entropy of its vaporisation will be:

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For a sample of perfect gas, its pressure is changed isothermally from to , the entropy change is given by:

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Considering entropy () as a thermodynamic parameter, the criterion for the spontaneity of any process is:

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Adsorption of gases on a solid surface is generally exothermic because
