At what temperature, reduction of lead oxide to lead by carbon
becomes spontaneous? For this reason are 108.4 kJ mol-1 and 190.0 JK-1 mol-1 respectively.
For the reaction at 298 K
At what temperature will the reaction become spontaneous considering to be constant over the temperature range?
For the reaction
Calculate for the reaction and predict whether the reaction may occur spontaneously.
For the reaction
, calculate the temperature at which is equal to zero. Also predict the direction of the reaction at:
(i) temperature
(ii) below this temperature
For the melting of ice at
the enthalpy of fusion is and entropy of fusion is 25.4 Calculate the free energy change and predict whether the melting of ice is spontaneous or not at this temperature.
What do you understand by:
(i) Standard free energy change (∆rG0)
(ii) Standard free energy of formation (∆fG0).
(i) Standard free energy change (∆G0): It is defined as ‘the free energy change for a process at 298K in which the reactants in their standard states are converted into the products in their standard states’. Thus,
The value of ∆G0 for a reaction can be derived from the standard free energies of formation (∆fG0).
(ii) Standard free energy of formation (∆fG0) of a compound is defined as ‘the change in free energy when 1 mole of a compound is formed from its constituent elements in their standard states”. Thus,
= [Sum of the standard free energies of formation of products] - [Sum of the standard free energies of formation of reactants]
It may be pointed here that ‘the standard free energy of formation of an element in its standard state is zero’.
Calculate the standard free energy change for the reaction
Given that the standard free energies of formation for are -16.8, +86.7 and -237.2 kJ mol-1 respectively. Predict the feasibility of the above reaction at the standard state.