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Exothermic

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Exothermic

Description

A process is exothermic if the enthalpy change of a closed system is negative when proceeding in the forward direction and heat is lost to the environment under isothermal conditions (βˆ†eQ < 0) without performance of external work (βˆ†eW = 0). The same process is endothermic if it proceeds in the backward direction. Exothermic and endothermic processes can proceed spontaneously without coupling only, if they are exergonic.


MitoPedia concepts: Ergodynamics 






 Communicated by Gnaiger E 2018-12-29