This signifies that the Gibbs free energy change for a process is negative, indicating that the process occurs spontaneously under constant temperature and pressure conditions.
Consider shopping during sales season. If you buy something on sale (ΔG < 0), you spend less money (energy) than usual - making it more likely for you to make the purchase (the process happens spontaneously).
Enthalpy (ΔH): The total heat content of a system at constant pressure.
Entropy (ΔS): Measure of disorder or randomness in a system.
Gibbs Free Energy (G): Energy associated with a chemical reaction that can be used to do work.
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