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To: spunkets
delG = delH -T*delS

S in that equation is the system entropy. There is also the entropy of the surroundings. The entropy change in the surroundings is -qrev/T, and since the reversible heat at constant pressure equals the enthalpy change Delta H, DeltaH = -T DeltaSsurr. So DeltaG = -T(Ssurr+Ssys)

1,896 posted on 02/08/2005 7:54:01 AM PST by Right Wing Professor (Evolve or die!)
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To: Right Wing Professor; Alamo-Girl; betty boop
You're right. I shouldn't have said dS isn't important, but that entropy decreases in biological systems are always accompanied by entropy increases in the surroundings, the deltaH term in the Gibbs free energy.

DeltaG = -T(Ssurr+Ssys)

1,908 posted on 02/08/2005 9:25:42 AM PST by spunkets
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