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Ch.19 - Chemical Thermodynamics

Chapter 19, Problem 12

Which of the following processes are spontaneous: (a) the melting of ice cubes at -10 °C and 1 atm pressure; (b) separating a mixture of N2 and O2 into two separate samples, one that is pure N2 and one that is pure O2; (c) alignment of iron filings in a magnetic field; (d) the reaction of hydrogen gas with oxygen gas to form water vapor at room temperature; (e) the dissolution of HCl(g) in water to form concentrated hydrochloric acid?

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