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Astrophysics & Aerospace Technology

Astrophysics & Aerospace Technology

ISSN: 2329-6542

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Thermodynamics Articles-open-access

Thermodynamics is a macroscopic science that deals with such properties as pressure, temperature, and volume. Unlike quantum mechanics , thermodynamics is not based on a specific model, and therefore it is unaffected by our changing concepts of atoms and molecules. By the same token, equations derived from thermodynamics do not provide us with molecular interpretations of complex phenomena. Furthermore, thermodynamics tells us nothing about the rate of a process except its likelihood. Many chemical reactions can be classified as either kinetically controlled or thermodynamically controlled. In a kinetically controlled process the products are thermodynamically more stable than the reactants, hence the reaction is favorable. However, the rate of reaction is often very slow due to a high activation energy barrier.

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