How can dissolution of a solute in a solvent occur, even if the dissolution is ENDOTHERMIC?

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How can dissolution of a solute in a solvent occur, even if the dissolution is ENDOTHERMIC?

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Answer 1 · 2016-12-05T08:44:18

Because the major thermodynamic driving force is #"entropy"# not #"enthalpy"#.

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#"Entropy"#, the statistical probability of disorder, is the fundamental thermodynamic force for chemical and physical change. Certainly, a solution of a salt, has more entropy, more randomness, than an undissolved solute.

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