Chapter 17 Flashcards
What is the driving force for a spontaneous process?
Increase in entropy of the universe
In any spontaneous process there is always?
An increase in entropy of the universe
Entropy changes in the surroundings are primarily determined by?
heat flow
the impact of heat transferring from the surroundings will be greater at?
lower temperatures
A process at constant temperature and pressure is spontaneous only when?
ΔG is negative
When a reaction involves gaseous molecules, the change in positional entropy is dominated by?
the number of molecules of products and reactants.
gaseous products > gaseous reactants.
positional entropy______
ΔS is _______
positional entropy increases
ΔS is positive
gaseous products < gaseous reactants.
positional entropy______
ΔS is _______
positional entropy decreases
ΔS is negative
the equilibrium position represents what?
the lowest free energy value available to a reaction system.
The maximum amount of useful work is equal to?
ΔG (change in free energy)
Achieving maximum work can only be achieved via hypothetical pathway because?
Any real pathways waste energy.
In any real cyclic process (beginning and end have same result) in the system work is changed to what and where?
heat in the surroundings
In any real cyclic process in the system, the entropy of the universe?
increases
As we use energy what happens?
we degrade its usefulness
What does 1st law of thermodynamic not tell us?
Why something happens in the direction it does
in thermodynamics entropy tells us?
the # of arrangements or micro states in a system
positional entropy
the probability of a particular state depending on number of ways arrangement can be obtained
the entropy of the universe is increasing but energy is?
constant
for anything to be spontaneous the entropy of the universe must be?
positive
ΔS universe +
Entropy _____
Process is _____
increasing
spontaneous