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Offline gauravsharma10167

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gibbs energy and reaction quotient
« on: January 07, 2017, 12:41:32 PM »
The formula for calculating Gibbs energy
ΔG=ΔG°+RT lnQ
Requires reaction quotient in terms of concentration or pressure?

I am asking this because reaction quotient in different terms will have different values which will give different values for Gibbs energy

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Re: gibbs energy and reaction quotient
« Reply #1 on: January 08, 2017, 01:51:55 AM »
If you are dealing with a solution, then they're asking for the concentration.

If you are dealing with a mixture of gasses, then you could express it as either concentration or pressure. This is because pressure is equivalent to concentration at constant temperature. PV=nRT rearranges to P=(n/V)RT.






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Re: gibbs energy and reaction quotient
« Reply #2 on: January 09, 2017, 06:40:56 AM »
What is the standard state for which ΔG° is defined? If it is conc = 1M, use concentrations. If it is P = 1 atm, use pressures.

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