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Course: AP®︎/College Chemistry > Unit 9

Lesson 2: Gibbs free energy and thermodynamic favorability

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Gibbs free energy and thermodynamic favorability

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2 KClO_{3} (s) \to 2 KCl (s) + 3 O_{2} (g)

For the reaction represented above, the value of

Δ G °_{298}

is

- 226 {kJ/mol}_{r x n}

. The standard free energy of formation of

KCl (s)

at

298 K

is

- 409 kJ/mol

.

What is the standard free energy of formation of $KClO_{3} (s)$ ‍ at $298 K$ ‍?

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