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gladius999
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the total amount of energy able to do work is the gibbs free energy of a reaction.
dG=dH-TdS
according to this equation, the higher the entropy gain of a system(dS) in a reaction, the more work the system can achieve. I'm confused here. I thought entropy was the energy unable to do work?
dG=dH-TdS
according to this equation, the higher the entropy gain of a system(dS) in a reaction, the more work the system can achieve. I'm confused here. I thought entropy was the energy unable to do work?