Orders of magnitude (entropy)

The following list shows different orders of magnitude of entropy.

Factor (J⋅K) Value Item Entropy equivalent of one bit of information, equal to k times ln(2) page 72 (page 5 of pdf) Boltzmann constant, entropy equivalent of one nat of information.Perfectly shuffled stanrad deck of cards, equal to k times ln(52!)Amount of information stored during language acquisition Standard entropy of 1 mole of graphite ≈ Entropy of the Sun (given as ≈ in Bekenstein (1973)) Entropy of a black hole of one solar mass (given as ≈ in Bekenstein (1973)) One estimate of the theoretical maximum entropy of the universeCalculated: × k = × =

See also Heat capacity Joule per kelvin Orders of magnitude (data), relates to information entropy Order of magnitude (terminology)

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