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    Oct 14, 2012, 12:52 AM
    Gibbs energy and equilibria
    DG = DG^0 + RT ln K (I used D instead of delta). Both DG and DG^0 describe the equilibrium reaction and we say that equilibrium the gibbs energy value is zero, then why are not both zero and we take only DG as zero?
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    Oct 14, 2012, 01:36 AM
    Gibbs energy and equilibria (PLEASE HELP)
    How can an equilibrium reaction A<====>B having delta G = -x allow for the backward reaction to occur at a time of the reaction if then delta g would be +ve?
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