w vs wmax

[Nicole Garrido 2I]

What is the difference between the measurement of work and work max. Does an expanding reaction have a work max?

[AdityaGuru1H]

I think it is the just the maximum amount of work possible like how an isothermal expansion has more work than a constant pressure one

[Albert Duong 4C]

Maximum work (in the case of -n*F*E which is the product of total charge and cell potential) refers to the maximum amount of energy available to do work whereas work tends to be the amount of energy used (or to be used) to do work. ie Wmax is the most work that can be done with the available energy while W is a set amount of energy that did the work.

[Karan Thaker 2L]

It's the maximum nonexpansion work a system can do at reverseible conditions.

[IsabelLight2H]

Why does it not measure expansion work?

[Meghanhe1l]

Max work assumes that all change in energy (delta G) is translated to work