Spontaneity - Enthalpy
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gabbymaraziti
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Spontaneity - Enthalpy
Is a spontaneous process accompanied by an increase in entropy of the surroundings, or of the system?
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Anish Natarajan 4G
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Re: Spontaneity - Enthalpy
Not necessarily; if the absolute value of the change in enthalpy is less than the absolute value of the change in entropy then delta G will be negative and the reaction will be spontaneous. Theoretically you could actually be decreasing entropy and still getting a spontaneous reaction as long as deltaH-TdeltaS is negative
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