Question

What can be said about an endothermic reaction with a negative entropy change? view available hint(s) the reaction is what can be said about an endothermic reaction with a negative entropy change? spontaneous at all temperatures. spontaneous at high temperatures. spontaneous at low temperatures. spontaneous in the reverse direction at all temperatures. nonspontaneous in either direction at all temperatures?

Answer 1

Answer is: spontaneous in the reverse direction at all temperatures.
Spontaneity can be determined using the change in Gibbs free energy:
ΔG = ΔH - TΔS.
ΔG changes in Gibbs free energy.
ΔH changes in enthalpy.
ΔS changes in entropy.
T is temperature.
When ΔS < 0 (negative entropy change) and ΔH > 0 (endothermic reaction), the process is never spontaneous (ΔG> 0), but the reverse process is always spontaneous.