ur friend says to you \"spontaneous processes increase the entropy of the universe. If a reaction is exothermic, that means heat flows out of it into the universe, which increases entropy. So all exothermic reactions are spontaneous.\" Explain the error in his statement. Yo Solution The error is in using temr Universe Universe = system + surroundings In exothermic reactions heat flows from system to surroundings ( not Universe ) Hence enetropy of surroundings increases but that doesnot mean entropy of universe always increases since entropy of universe = entropy of system + entropy of surroundings .

1. ur friend says to you "spontaneous processes increase the entropy of the universe. If a reaction is
exothermic, that means heat flows out of it into the universe, which increases entropy. So all
exothermic reactions are spontaneous." Explain the error in his statement. Yo
Solution
The error is in using temr Universe
Universe = system + surroundings
In exothermic reactions heat flows from system to surroundings ( not Universe )
Hence enetropy of surroundings increases but that doesnot mean entropy of universe
always increases
since entropy of universe = entropy of system + entropy of surroundings