Question

What does Gibbs free energy predict?

A. It predicts what the rate of the reaction will be.
B. It predicts how high the activation energy is.
C. It predicts if entropy will increase or decrease.
D. It predicts whether or not a reaction will be spontaneous.

Answer 1

It predicts whether or not a reaction will be spontaneous.

Step-by-step explanation:

The equation;

∆G= ∆H - T∆S enables us to obtain the Gibbs free energy of a chemical process.

The Gibbs free energy value tells us whether a chemical process will be spontaneous or not.

When;

∆G>0 the reaction is not spontaneous

∆G=0 the reaction is at equilibrium

∆G<0 the reaction is spontaneous