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Consider the following reaction, which is spontaneous at room temperature. C3H8(g) + 5O2(g) → 3CO2(g) +...

Consider the following reaction, which is spontaneous at room temperature. C3H8(g) + 5O2(g) → 3CO2(g) + 4H2O(g) Is ΔS positive or negative? what about ΔH ? Explain. Answer in no more than two sentences.

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So for a spontaneous reaction ∆G should be negative, so we have ∆G = ∆H -T∆S so from this condition ∆G will be negative when ∆H is negative and ∆S has to be positive ( since it is -T∆S).

Hence ∆H negative and ∆S to be positive.... Answer

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