Increase in temperature The higher the temperature, the broader the distribution of molecular speeds and kinetic energies available to the particles. At higher temperature, the wider range of accessible kinetic energies leads to more microstates for the system.

Does entropy increase with the number of microstates?

Since entropy increases logarithmically with the number of microstates, the most probable distribution is therefore the one of greatest entropy. As you add more particles to the system, the number of possible microstates increases exponentially (2^N).

What is the relationship between microstates and entropy?

The entropy of an isolated system always increases or remains constant. The more such states available to the system with appreciable probability, the greater the entropy. Fundamentally, the number of microstates is a measure of the potential disorder of the system.