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On the Enthalpy–Entropy Relationship

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THE changes in the enthalpy (ΔH0) and the entropy (ΔS0) for a given process are frequently calculated from the temperature-dependence of a parameter (k) that characterizes the process. k may be a rate coefficient, a partition coefficient or even a saturation concentration of a chemical species in a solvent. This calculation is usually equivalent to the determination of both ΔH0 and ΔS0 from the one single equation: so that the two quantities ΔH0 and ΔS0 are not a priori mutually independent.

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MCGREGOR, R., MILIĆEVIĆ, B. On the Enthalpy–Entropy Relationship. Nature 211, 523–525 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1038/211523b0

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