free energy
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(physics) a thermodynamic quantity equivalent to the capacity of a physical system to do work; the units of energy are joules or ergs
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We were on a joyride, on free energy almost. [...] It seems to me we need something like the Manhattan Project. We need some urgency saying, "Here's what we should be doing. We've got to get off fossil fuels."
energy can take a wide variety of forms
AB is the "available energy" (now called the Helmholtz free energy ) and AC the "capacity for entropy" (i.
Although Lewis’ fugacity-based system did not last, his early interest in free energy and entropy proved most fruitful, and much of his career was devoted to making these useful concepts accessible to practical chemists.
A denaturant melt measures the free energy of unfolding as well as the protein's m value, or denaturant dependence.
A reaction will be a spontaneous process at a certain temperature if the products have a lower Gibbs free energy (an exergonic reaction ) even if the enthalpy of the products is higher.