Written by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025
Verified for the 2027 exam
Verified for the 2027 exam•Written by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025
Definition
The fundamental equation relating Gibbs free energy change to enthalpy change, entropy change, and absolute temperature; used to calculate ΔG° when ΔH° and ΔS° are known.
AP course connection
Topic 9.3: 9.3 Gibbs Free Energy and Thermodynamic Favorability