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The free expansion of an ideal gas is an adiabatic process and so no heat is transferred...

The free expansion of an ideal gas is an adiabatic process and so no heat is transferred. No work is done, so the internal energy does not change. Thus, Q/T = 0, yet the randomness of the system and thus its entropy have increased after the expansion. Why does Eq. (20.19) not apply to this situation?

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