Chemistry · Ch 4 — Chemical Thermodynamics
Sponaneity and ΔH or ΔS
4.11.7
Sponaneity and ΔH or ΔS
From (at constant and ), the temperature term determines the relative contributions of and to :
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If and are both negative, then will be negative only when is more negative than . This is possible at low temperatures only.
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If and are both positive, will be negative only if . This is possible only at high temperatures.
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For negative and positive, it follows that is negative regardless of temperature.
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For positive and negative, is positive regardless of temperature. Such reactions are nonspontaneous at all temperatures. …