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Gibbs' function

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Gibbs' function

In thermodynamics, an expression representing part of the energy content of a system that is available to do external work, also known as the free energy G. In an equilibrium system at constant temperature and pressure, G = H-TS, where H is the enthalpy (heat content), T the temperature, and S the entropy (decrease in energy availability). The function was named after US physicist Josiah Willard Gibbs.


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