Spontaneity
Spontaneity: Overview
This topic covers concepts, such as, Spontaneity, Spontaneous Reactions & Non-spontaneous Reactions etc.
Important Questions on Spontaneity
Which of the following transition leads to greater disorder in universe (System + Surroundings)?


List I (Equations) | List II (Type of Processes) |
(A) | (p) Non-spontaneous |
(B) | (q) Equilibrium |
(C) | (r) Spontaneous and endothermic |
(D) | (s) Spontaneous |
Matching Type Question

Which of the following processes is nonspontaneous?

Is flow of heat from cold object to hot object spontaneous?

Is spreading of fragrance when a bottle of perfume is opened, spontaneous?

A change that can occur on its own is called

For the reaction at 298 K, 2A + B C. H
= 400 kJ mol–1 and S = 0.2 kJ mol–1 K–1.
The reaction will become spontaneous above______ K.


For a given reaction, and . The reaction is spontaneous at (Assume that and do not vary with temperature):

Which is correct for spontaneity of an electrochemical cell?

Which of the following processes is a non-spontaneous process?

Which of the following conditions regarding the chemical process ensures its spontaneity at all temperatures?

In which of the following reactions, standard reaction entropy change is positive and standard Gibb's energy change decreases sharply with increasing temperature?

The factor of values is important in metallurgy. The values for the following reactions at are given as:
The for the reaction,
; will be

What will be the value of for ice at temperature?

Consider the following reaction occurring in an automobile
The sign of and would be

In an irreversible process taking place at constant T and P and in which only pressure volume work is being done, the change in Gibb's free energy and change in entropy , satisfy the criteria

Which reaction either endothermic or exothermic characteristics has the greater chance of occuring spontaneously?

For a reaction and
Which of the following statements is correct for the reaction?
