Free Energy of Activation

[Carolina Gomez 2G]

In the kinetics outline it states:
"Understand the difference between activation energy and free energy of activation."
What is the free energy of activation?

[Hayden Lee 1C]

I believe that the free energy of activation refers to the Gibbs free energy. I've seen this as a response on chemistry community before, so I am not entirely sure that this is valid.

[Kushaal Madadi 2F]

I could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure that free energy of activation refers to Gibbs Free Energy energy barrier that the activation energy must overcome.

[Aimee Alvarado 3J]

I think so too. It might be the energy difference between the transition state and the reactants, but I am also not completely sure.

[Susanna Givan 2B]

I believe it has to do with the difference in energy that a reaction must overcome in order to have sufficient activation energy. However, it might also refer to the difference in energy after sufficient activation energy has been reached to the highest total energy produced in the reaction.