CHEM 1A Lecture Notes - Lecture 27: Gibbs Free Energy, Enthalpy, Thermodynamics

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6 Apr 2016
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The significance of the 2 processes that increase the entropy of the universe system plus surroundings are product law of thermodynamics is paramount and unquestionable: only law is difficult to apply to chemical processes under favored. Stated in this form, the 2 investigation because it is necessary to evaluate the change in entropy of both the system and the surroundings. Introducing a new state function the gibbs free energy, g circumvents this difficulty. The change in gibbs free energy is defined in terms of the change in the entropy of the universe: delta g = - tdelta suniv. But delta g can be also expressed in terms of the state functions of the system: delta g = delta hsys - tdelta ssys. Thus it is possible to evaluate delta g from measurements done with the system alone. All product- favored processes are associated with a negative delta g.

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