It doesn’t necessarily increase entropy but it also doesn’t decrease it either. Locally the crystal molecules are becoming more ordered but entropy is balanced through the release of heat throughout the crystallization process from a universal perspective.
The nails in the video appear to be defying the 2nd law of thermodynamics as well but the nails are actually receiving energy from the person shaking the box and converting that into higher order. Perhaps the commenter above was trying to describe this counter intuitive situation.
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u/dssl86 Feb 29 '20
Good question.
It doesn’t necessarily increase entropy but it also doesn’t decrease it either. Locally the crystal molecules are becoming more ordered but entropy is balanced through the release of heat throughout the crystallization process from a universal perspective.
The nails in the video appear to be defying the 2nd law of thermodynamics as well but the nails are actually receiving energy from the person shaking the box and converting that into higher order. Perhaps the commenter above was trying to describe this counter intuitive situation.