Gibbs free energy
Gives the Gibbs free energy of a system as its enthalpy minus the product of temperature and entropy. It is used to judge whether a process at constant temperature and pressure can occur spontaneously and to find the reversible non-expansion work available.
G = H - TSWhat the symbols mean
| Gibbs free energy (J) | |
| enthalpy (J) | |
| absolute temperature (K) | |
| entropy (J/K) |
About this formula
- FieldChemistry
- TopicThermodynamics
- LevelUniversity
- Also calledGibbs energy, Gibbs function, Gibbs free energy equation, free energy formula, Gibbs free energy enthalpy entropy
- SourceWikidata Q334631
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