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Which mechanism increases overall entropy when frozen pipes burst?

A)Irreversible heat transfer
B)Adiabatic gas expansion
C)Reversible phase transition
D)Isothermal volume compression

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Ice crystal expansion causes pipe rupture, thus irreversible heat transfer (thermodynamic non-equilibrium) occurs because heat dissipates into surroundings at varying temperatures. Therefore, entropy increases spontaneously, rather than due to adiabatic expansion under constant pressure, which returns to balance.

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