Exothermic Energy Diagram. The difference between these two energy levels is the energy released to the surroundings shown as a vertical drop from a higher to a lower level. A look at a seductive but wrong gibbs spontaneity proof.
The exothermic process is the process in which the energy comes out as a by product. Gibbs free energy and spontaneity. 1 the activation energy is 10.
In other words the energy of the products is lower than the energy of the reactants hence is energetically downhill shown in figure pageindex 2b.
Thus the products formed have less energy than the reactants h products h reactants. In endothermic reactions there is less energy in the reactants than in the products. 43 given the potential energy diagram for a chemical reaction. The exothermic process is the process in which the energy comes out as a by product.
