Using Standard Free Energies of Formation at 25 degrees C, determine if the production of phosgene gas COCl2 from the combination of carbon monoxide gas (CO) and chlorine gas (Cl2) is spontaneous at room temperature. You should write the equation of the reaction before you do any thermodynamic accounting.
When delta G is called Gibbs Free Energy change it is named after J Willard Gibbs a famous American Scientist from Connecticut.
1. yes it is spontaneous because the change in Gibbs Free Energy is -205.9 kJ/mol for the reaction
2. yes it is spontaneous because the change in Gibbs Free Energy is -420.5 kJ/mol for the reaction
3. yes it is spontaneous because the change in Gibbs Free Energy is -68.7 kJ/mol for the reaction
4. no the reaction is not spontaneous because the change in Gibbs Free Energy is +62.6 kJ/mol for the reaction
5. no the reaction is not spontaneous because the change in Gibbs Free Energy is zero kJ/mol for the reaction