Gibbs free energy en · NOUN
Etymology
For Josiah Willard Gibbs, American physicist.
Meanings
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(physical, uncountable) 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.
ΔG=ΔH-TΔS and G=H-TS where G is Gibbs free energy, H is enthalpy, T is temperature, and S is entropy.
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ca energia lliure de Gibbs (difference between the enthalpy of a system and the product of its entropy etc.) · cmn 吉布斯自由能 (difference between the enthalpy of a system and the product of its entropy etc.) · ru свобо́дная эне́ргия Ги́ббса (difference between the enthalpy of a system and the product of its entropy etc.) · de freie Enthalpie (difference between the enthalpy of a system and the product of its entropy etc.) · fi Gibbsin energia (difference between the enthalpy of a system and the product of its entropy etc.) · de Gibbs-Energie (difference between the enthalpy of a system and the product of its entropy etc.)