Enthalpy and Entropy

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Ava Harvey 2B
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Enthalpy and Entropy

Postby Ava Harvey 2B » Wed Jan 10, 2018 6:22 pm

Can someone please explain to me the difference between enthalpy and entropy, and if there's any relation between the two? Thanks so much!

Victoria Draper 1G
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Re: Enthalpy and Entropy

Postby Victoria Draper 1G » Wed Jan 10, 2018 6:30 pm

Enthalpy is the sum of internal energy and is the amount of energy released or absorbed during a reaction. Entropy, however, is the measurement of the disorder of a system. I don't think that there is any direct relationship between the two. Hope this helps!

RyanS2J
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Re: Enthalpy and Entropy

Postby RyanS2J » Wed Jan 10, 2018 6:57 pm

Enthalpy is the measurement of the sum of the internal energy and the product of the pressure and volume of a system. Entropy, on the other hand, is simply a measurement of disorder in the universe. Although we haven't covered it yet, the equation G = H - TS partially relates enthalpy H and entropy S in the measurement of G, or Gibbs free energy. T represents temperature.


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