Chemistry: The Central Science (13th Edition)

Published by Prentice Hall
ISBN 10: 0321910419
ISBN 13: 978-0-32191-041-7

Chapter 19 - Chemical Thermodynamics - Exercises - Page 849: 19.43c

Answer

Negative.

Work Step by Step

There are three moles of gas in the reactants, and one mole of gas in the products. This means there is a decrease in the number of free moving particles, and thus entropy decreases.
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