2.00 moles of an ideal gas freely expands from 1.50 liters to 4.00 liters. The change in entropy in the expansion is

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The change in entropy can be calculated using the formula ΔS = nR ln(V₂/V₁), where n is the number of moles, R is the gas constant, and V₂/V₁ is the ratio of final and initial volumes.

ΔS = (2 mol)(8.31 J/mol∙K) ln(4.00 L/1.50 L) 
ΔS = 16.3 J/K

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