How can some aqueous ions be listed as having a negative entropy?

Subject: How can some aqueous ions be listed as having a negative entropy?

Date: Thu Apr 29 15:11:04 1999
Posted by Jayne Wilcox
Grade level: teacher/prof School: harper College
City: Palatine State/Province: IL Country: USA
Area of science: Chemistry
ID: 925416664.Ch

Message:


I thought that the smallest entropy assigned was zero (for a 
perfect crystal at zero Kelvin).  How can some aqueous ions be 
assigned a negative value in thermodynamic tables?

Re: How can some aqueous ions be listed as having a negative entropy?

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