Gibbs free energy

English

Etymology

For Josiah Willard Gibbs, American physicist.

Noun

Gibbs free energy (uncountable)

1. (physics, physical chemistry, thermodynamics) The difference between the enthalpy of a system and the product of its entropy and absolute temperature: a measure of the useful work obtainable from a thermodynamic system at constant temperature and pressure.

   $\Delta G=\Delta H-T\Delta S$ and $G=H-TS$ where G is Gibbs free energy, H is enthalpy, T is temperature, and S is entropy.

Translations

difference between the enthalpy of a system and the product of its entropy etc.

• Catalan: energia lliure de Gibbs f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 吉布斯自由能 (Jíbùsī zìyóu néng)

• Finnish: Gibbsin energia
• Russian: свобо́дная эне́ргия Ги́ббса f (svobódnaja enérgija Gíbbsa)

See also

• Helmholtz free energy