definitions

• Thermodynamics


  Changes in thermal energy (T = Avg. KE = 1/2 mv^2)
• Enthalpy (delta H)


  Measurement of heat transfer between systems and surroundings (heat movement)
• Entropy (delta S)


  Measurement of how energy is dispersed within a system (disorder, randomness, or chaos)
• Gibbs Free Energy (delta G)


  Energy that is available to do work (spontaneity or thermodynamics favorability)
• Hess' Law


  the journey is the sum of the steps to make it
• Catalyst


  speeds up a reaction by offering an alternative reaction pathway with a lower activation energy

  
  

  (instead of A + B -> C, A + D -> E then E + B -> C + D)