Chemistry: The Central Science (13th Edition)

Published by Prentice Hall
ISBN 10: 0321910419
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Chapter 19 - Chemical Thermodynamics - Exercises - Page 845: 19.1b

Answer

$\Delta$H = 0. $\Delta$S is positive.

Work Step by Step

$\Delta$H is zero for any mixture of ideal gases. $\Delta$S is positive because the entropy, or disorder, increases when gases mix together. There are more possible microstates in the mixture than in the separate gases, and thus higher entropy.
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