So, back in my school, our teacher was teaching structure of an atom. I had some doubts, like why do hot objects emit radiations and so many. I noticed that every question I had asked had an answer. If I added a why to it, thats another question. It mostly came to a conclusion that all atoms want to attain stability. My question is why atoms want to attain stability and can I relate it to entropy?
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4atoms have no volition so they cannot "want". If atoms were not stable we would not exist here able to discus their stability! – anna v Jul 10 '23 at 16:31
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@annav, Indeed! :) This potential psychological fallacy does often confuse people. :) – paul garrett Jul 10 '23 at 21:06
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Energy minimization is derived from entropy maximization in this answer. – Chemomechanics Jul 10 '23 at 23:03