Imagine that one carbon in buckminsterfullerene (C60) is replaced by a silicon atom, yielding SiC59. This molecule can then orient in 60 different ways. What is the entropy of one mole of SiC59 at T = 0 K?

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Lisa Colon

17 August, 13:38

Imagine that one carbon in buckminsterfullerene (C60) is replaced by a silicon atom, yielding SiC59. This molecule can then orient in 60 different ways. What is the entropy of one mole of SiC59 at T = 0 K?

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Kenny Odom · Answer 1

The entropy will be 0

Explanation:

Because of the third principle of thermodynamics, the entropy of a pure substance (such as SiC59), with finite density (we have 1 mol in a finite volume), at 0 K is equal to 0.

So, it really dosen't mather the Si atom, if you are analizing it at the absolute zero (0 K).