Gibbs free energy

noun

Etymology

For Josiah Willard Gibbs, American physicist.

Definitions

  1. The difference between the enthalpy of a system and the product of its entropy and…

    The difference between the enthalpy of a system and the product of its entropy and absolute temperature: a measure of the useful work obtainable from a thermodynamic system at constant temperature and pressure.

    • ΔG=ΔH-TΔS and G=H-TS where G is Gibbs free energy, H is enthalpy, T is temperature, and S is entropy.

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