alleryStart learning →A specific configuration of all the locations and energies of a system's particles is a:
AHeat capacity
BMicrostate
CMacrostate
DFree energy
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Microstate
1. Entropy is built on counting arrangements.
2. A microstate is a specific configuration of all the locations and energies.
3. It covers the atoms or molecules that make up a system.
4. The number of microstates is written W.
_Source: OpenStax Chemistry 2e (CC BY 4.0), Ch 16 'Thermodynamics', sections 16.1-16.4_
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