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ΔS = h/T&nbsp;&nbsp;where h= the heat that is transferred to the surroundings and T= temperature <ref>B. Alberts et al (2008), Molecular biology of the cell, 5th edition, New York, Garland Science, page 119</ref>  
ΔS = h/T&nbsp;&nbsp;where h= the heat that is transferred to the surroundings and T= temperature <ref>B. Alberts et al (2008), Molecular biology of the cell, 5th edition, New York, Garland Science, page 119</ref>  


 
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Entropy (S) measures the total amount of disorder in a system, as the disorder increases so does the entropy. [1]

A formula to work out the change in entropy (ΔS) is as follows:

ΔS = h/T  where h= the heat that is transferred to the surroundings and T= temperature [2]

References

  1. ↑ B. Alberts et al (2008) Molecular biology of the cell, 5th edition, New York, Garland Science page 67
  2. ↑ B. Alberts et al (2008), Molecular biology of the cell, 5th edition, New York, Garland Science, page 119
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