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To: spunkets
dS isn't an important focus, because the reactions themselves are taking that Gibbs free energy.

The Gibbs free energy is just -T times the entropy change, at constant pressure. It's just a proxy for the total entropy.

1,890 posted on 02/08/2005 7:02:28 AM PST by Right Wing Professor (Evolve or die!)
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To: Right Wing Professor; Alamo-Girl; betty boop
"The Gibbs free energy is just -T times the entropy change, at constant pressure. It's just a proxy for the total entropy."

Since I mentioned reactions I thought it was clear, but...

delG = delH -T*delS

The enthalpy, or heat of reaction is larger than T*delS and what drives "the signal".

1,893 posted on 02/08/2005 7:28:51 AM PST by spunkets
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