Select the correct statement |
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a) |
There is a natural asymmetry between converting work to heat and converting heat to work |
b) |
No process is possible in which the sole result is the absorption of heat from a reservoir and its complete conversion into work |
c) |
For every chemical reaction at equilibrium, standard change in Gibbs free energy is zero |
d) |
At constant temperature and pressure, chemical reactions are spontaneous in the direction of decreasing Gibbs energy |
Select the correct statement |
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a) |
There is a natural asymmetry between converting work to heat and converting heat to work |
b) |
No process is possible in which the sole result is the absorption of heat from a reservoir and its complete conversion into work |
c) |
For every chemical reaction at equilibrium, standard change in Gibbs free energy is zero |
d) |
At constant temperature and pressure, chemical reactions are spontaneous in the direction of decreasing Gibbs energy |
(b,d) ve for spontaneous process and at equilibrium. Statement (b) represents Carnot theorem |