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Q. As a result of dissolution of $NaCl$ in water, the entropy

JIPMERJIPMER 2010Thermodynamics

Solution:

$NaCl_{(aq)} \rightarrow NA^+_{(aq)} + Cl^-_{(aq)} $
The ions that were held together in crystalline solid are now moving in all possible directions. Thus entropy increases.