Which has more entropy: ice,liquid, water, or water vapor?

Question

Explain your reasoning.

Answer 1

Entropy in simple terms is the measure of disorder of a system, hence logically water vapor has a larger entropy. since the molecules are free to move .. they have greater freedom then in liquid or ice.

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Answer 2

Entropy Of Water

Answer 3

In order, Earth's most abundant greenhouse gases are: * water vapor * carbon dioxide * methane * nitrous oxide * ozone * CFCs When these gases are ranked by their contribution to the greenhouse effect, the most important are:[7] * water vapor, which contributes 36–72% * carbon dioxide, which contributes 9–26% * methane, which contributes 4–9% * ozone, which contributes 3–7% It is not possible to state that a certain gas causes an exact percentage of the greenhouse effect. This is because some of the gases absorb and emit radiation at the same frequencies as others, so that the total greenhouse effect is not simply the sum of the influence of each gas. The higher ends of the ranges quoted are for the gas alone; the lower ends, for the gas accounting for overlaps.

Answer 4

Water vapor. Entropy is a measure of the 'randomness' of a system.

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Answer 5

entropy is the measure of the degree of the randomness in the system choosen. since th max. randomness is there in the water vapour therefore water vapour>water>ice.
sorry for the liquid part.what do u mean by that

Answer 6

water vapor has maximum disorderness among its constituent molecules and hence maximum entropy. (ice has the least entropy.)

Answer 7

water vapour .because the molecules are more randomly moving in this state.

Answer 8

The previous answer is perfect i think