Re: Thermoneutral Reactions?

From: N:dlzc D:aol T:com \(dlzc\) (net_at_nospam.com)
Date: 01/30/05


Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2005 10:13:20 -0700

Dear farooq_w:

<farooq_w@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1107101802.209937.199730@c13g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
> [further addition to clarify my question]
>
> The two lines mentioned about a thermoneutral reaction were:
> For a thermoneutral reaction del H = 0, and the transition state is
> exactly in the middle of reactant and products (of course no example
> was given.)

Not that it is an answer, but perhaps a seed for one...
Gibbs free energy, del S > 0 (where S is entropy)

The reaction(s) referred to loosely as the bromate clock is going to be
very low energy...

David A. Smith