TNT explosions are very fast reactions involving the production of enormous quantities of heat and gaseous products. Thermodynamically, explosions are best described as:
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Correct Answer: A. High entropy, exothermic reactions with a low activation energy.
TNT explosions are very fast reactions (the lower the activation energy the less a reaction is impeded) involving the production of enormous quantities of heat (exothermic) and gaseous products (the production of hot gases from a solid explosive dramatically increases the disorder of the system, thus high entropy).
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