Question
On a statistical level, as the number of available microstates increases, the potential energy of a molecule is distributed over that larger number of microstates, increasing ____.
Answer
On a statistical level, as the number of available microstates increases, the potential energy of a molecule is distributed over that larger number of microstates, increasing entropy.
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