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Re:Entropy as Disorder: History of a Misconception by bonoboTP on Saturday September 21, 2019 @08:40PM (#21038864)
That's why I tried to shift focus to density based layering rather than the more complicated oil water interaction.

And the reason it happens is because it doesn't magically get the corresponding external energy. However if we artificially, like gods, arranged everything to be non layered but the same temperature, the entropy would be higher than if layered and same temperature.

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Re:Entropy as Disorder: History of a Misconception by kgwgk on Saturday September 21, 2019 @08:46PM (#21038884)
No, the entropy would be lower and the phases would separate spontaneously because that would increase the entropy. The only reason you get layers in the first place is that oil and water don’t mix! Water and alcohol also have different densities.
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