How to build understanding of Gibbs free energy

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Help your students master this fundamental post-16 topic with these effective tips and teaching strategies

Gibbs free energy is a fundamental post-16 topic students need to master in order to become successful chemists. This article outlines a step-by-step approach to teaching this topic, including illustrating entropy changes with examples, calculating entropy and introducing the Gibbs free energy equation. Use these teaching ideas to enhance students’ understanding of why certain reactions occur and help them get on top of this tricky topic.

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