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It is true that in many cases, increase in entropy can be qualitatively correlated with increase in disorder, but that kind of correlation is not always valid. ” It does not explain why disorder should increase in a spontaneous process. My objection to the association of entropy with disorder is mainly due to the fact that order and disorder are not well-defined and fuzzy concepts. They are very subjective, sometimes ambiguous, and at times totally misleading. 3 and Chapter 3). 12). This view however is not universal.
For instance, ideal Fermi gas at T=0 K, has non-zero energy, see also Leff (1999) and Hill (1960). 5). The removal of the units from Clausius’ entropy would not have any effect on the interpretation of the entropy within the classical (or the non-atomistic) formulation of the Second Law. It would have a tremendous effect on the interpretation of Boltzmann’s entropy, in terms of probability, and later in terms of the missing information. The units of Clausius’ entropy were, for a long time, the stumbling blocks that hindered the acceptance of Boltzmann’s entropy.
See cover design. 22 This will automatically expunge the Boltzmann constant kB from the vocabulary of physics. It will simplify the Boltzmann formula for the entropy, and it will remove the stumbling block that has hindered the acceptance of entropy as information for over a hundred years. It is also time to change not only the units of entropy to make it dimensionless,23 but the term “entropy” altogether. ” It does convey some measure of information. Why not replace the term that means “nothing” as Cooper noted, and does not even convey the meaning it was meant to convey when selected by Clausius?