Which has more entropy egg or boiled egg?

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Jacob T.
Apr 1, 2018

A raw egg.

Explanation:

State changes tend to lead to significant changes in entropies. Changing from liquid state to solid state reduces the translational freedom of a system[1] , meaning that there's fewer possible layouts of energies, hence reducing its entropy.

Boiling an egg involves a state change from liquid to solid and therefore the process is likely to involves a decrease in entropy.

Reference
1. Entropy of Phase Changes, http://www.everyscience.com/Chemistry/Physical/Entropy/f.1311.php

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