Tuesday, November 6, 2018

thermodynamics - Is the Gibbs standard free energy always constant?


I am a biochemistry student and we are learning about thermodynamics. Is the Gibbs standard free energy for a reaction always constant? The equation below suggests that it changes with temperature:


$$\Delta G^{\circ\prime} = -RT\ln K'_\mathrm{eq}$$


It is important to note that we are using the biochemistry version of the Gibbs standard free energy equation. To answer my own equation, I believe that it is always constant. Changing the temperature would probably just change the equilibrium constant.





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