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What does thermodynamically stable mean and how to link it with entropy?

Hey guys I have been doing a few questions on entropy and came across thermodynamically stable quite a few times now. However, I don't seem to understand how thermodynamically stable means there is a higher entropy.

Edit: Thank you so much XD I have been trying to clear this understanding for ages now I am finally starting to understand it

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Reply 1

charco

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Original post by Stormragexox

Thermodynamically stable means that any change will REDUCE the entropy of the universe, which is unfeasible and therefore cannot happen.

Reply 2

extremecat

Thermodynamically stable --> When a system is at its lowest energy state (e.g chemical equilibrium)

Entropy --> describes randomness and disorder.

The greater the entropy, the less thermodynamically stable the system is.