Week 1 Entropy and Free Energy
Week 1 Entropy and Free Energy
Week 1 Entropy and Free Energy
b.Biological elements
c.Chemicals that increase the surface
area of reactants
d.Molecules that increase the
concentration of reactants
3. Which of the following reactions
will delay the decay of fruit?
HEAT (q)
E(sys) Decreasing
SYSTEM
E(sys) Increasing
Spontaneous and
Non-spontaneous
spontaneous
Non-spontaneous
Spontaneous and
Non-spontaneous
Non-spontaneous
spontaneous
Entropy,
Free Energy
and
Equilibrium
Spontaneous Processes
• Spontaneous: process that
does occur under a specific set
of conditions
• Nonspontaneous: process that
does not occur under a specific
set of conditions
Spontaneous Processes
• Often spontaneous processes are
exothermic, but not always….
• Methane gas burns spontaneously and
is exothermic
• Ice melts spontaneously but this is an
endothermic process…
Enthalpy, Entropy, and
Spontaneous Processes
• State Function: A function or property
whose value depends only on the present
state, or condition, of the system, not on the
path used to arrive at that state.
• Enthalpy Change (ΔH): The heat change
in a reaction or process at constant
pressure; Δ H = Δ E + PΔ V.
• Entropy ( S ): The amount of molecular
randomness in a system.
Entropy
• Entropy (S): Can be thought of as a
measure of the disorder of a system
Equilibrium process:
Suniverse = Ssystem + Ssurroundings = 0
Entropy Changes in the
System
Entropy can be calculated from the table
of standard values just as enthalpy
change was calculated.
Hsys
Ssurr
T
Entropy Changes
Is the reaction spontaneous?
35,800 J/mol
Ssys 120.0J/K mol
298 K