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What is meant by entropy driven reaction? How can the reaction with positive change of enthalpy and entropy be made entropy driven? |
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Answer» The free energy change of a reaction is given by ΔG = ΔH – TΔS For a reaction to be spontaneous, ΔG should be –ve. If both ΔH and ΔS are positive ΔG can be –ve if TΔS>ΔH in magnitude. Thus, entropy factor should dominate over enthalpy factor. Such reactions are therefore, called entropy driven. This can happen in either of the following two ways: (i) ΔS should be so large that even if T is low, TΔS should be greater than ΔH (ii) If ΔS is small, T should be so large that TΔS>ΔH. |
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