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Enthalpy, Entropy, and Free Energy

Question 5 • FL-2003350-Chemistry 1 Honors - Teacher Directed Resource

These reactions are all spontaneous. Based on this information, is enthalpy of reaction a reliable indicator of whether a reaction is spontaneous?

Answer
A
yes
B
no

Explanation

No. A reaction is spontaneous when its Gibbs free-energy change is negative: ΔG = ΔH − TΔS. Because entropy and temperature also affect ΔG, enthalpy alone cannot reliably indicate whether a reaction is spontaneous; the fact that these reactions are spontaneous does not change that.

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