The Larger Question
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What factors must be identified in order to predict
whether the reaction will proceed spontaneously
in the direction written (as opposed to in the opposite
direction)?
Enthalpy and entropy changes are combined to yield a
new term, the Gibbs free energy. The sign of the latter allows predictions of reaction spontaneity.
These are thermodynamic, not kinetic, considerations!
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