A piece of copper of mass 300g at a temperature of 950 o C is quickly transferred into a vessel of negligible heat capacity containing 250g
of water at 25 o C. If the final steady temperature of the mixture is
100 o C. Calculate the mass of water that will boil away. (take specific
heat capacity of copper = 4.0x10 2 Jkg -1 K -1 , specific heat capacity of
water = 4.2 x10 3 Jkg -1 K -1 , specific latent heat of vaporization of steam =
2.26x10 6 Jkg -

The law of entropy can also be called the law of increasing disorder, but this law seems to contradict the existence of living organisms that are able to organize chemicals into organic molecules. prepare for a class debate on the validity of the following arguments: a. living things are not subject to the laws of thermodynamics. b. the increase in the universe's entropy due to life processes is greater than the decrease in entropy within a living organism.