Gibbs energy in equilibrium
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Gibbs energy in equilibrium
would gibbs free energy of a reaction be 0 if q=k and if so why is that?
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Re: Gibbs energy in equilibrium
Yes. Gibbs free energy is 0 because there is no change in the concentration of products over reactants over time at equilibrium.
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Re: Gibbs energy in equilibrium
Hi,
delta G, or the change in gibbs free energy, would be 0 if the system is at equilibrium. This is because when a rxn is at equilibirum, it doesn't shift towards the reactants or the products, so no work is being done.
delta G, or the change in gibbs free energy, would be 0 if the system is at equilibrium. This is because when a rxn is at equilibirum, it doesn't shift towards the reactants or the products, so no work is being done.
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Re: Gibbs energy in equilibrium
When Q=K, the reaction is at equilibrium. At equilibrium, the change in Gibbs Free energy is 0 because the system is not producing any energy that is available to do work. At equilibrium, your entropy and your enthalpy are also not changing, so your change in Gibbs free energy remains at 0.
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