Q4-W1: Entropy and Gibbs Free Energy Flashcards
- process which
can take place by itself
SPONTANEOUS
process
which can neither take place by
itself nor by initiation
NON-SPONTANEOUS
Flow of water up a hill
NON-SPONTY
Dissolution of salt in water
SPONTY
Evaporation of water in an open
vessel
SPONTY
Flow of water down the hill
SPONTY
Dissolution of sand in water
NON-SPONTY
Spontaneous reactions are (___________) reactions; they take place immediately (______________________________.)
SELF-DRIVEN, WITHOUT ANY ASSISTANCE FROM EXTERNAL SOURCE
tossing a coin in the air and it
drops on the ground
SPONTY
falling of water in a waterfall
SPONTY
SPONTY IS _____ DIRECTION ONLY.
ONE
A lump of sugar
spontaneously dissolves
in a cup of coffee, but
dissolved sugar does not
spontaneously reappear
in its original form.
SPONTY
Water freezes
spontaneously below
0°C, and ice melts
spontaneously above
0°C (at 1 atm).
SPONTY
Heat flows from a
hotter object to a colder
one, but the reverse
never happens
spontaneously.
SPONTY
A piece of sodium metal
reacts violently with
water to form sodium
hydroxide and hydrogen
gas. However, hydrogen
gas does not react with
sodium hydroxide to
form water and sodium.
SPONTY
Iron exposed to water
and oxygen forms rust,
but rust does not
spontaneously change
back to iron.
SPONTY
Spontaneity in chemical
reactions is ALSO ____________________
UNDIRECTIONAL