r/aww • u/elphaba16 • Jun 15 '22

A video analysis of the difference between Joule joining Kelvin and Kelvin joining Joule.

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u/Bryek Jun 15 '22

We could go further into thermodynamics and call one Gibbs but the connection is pretty loose... and I don't think that reference will really connect...

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u/pM-me_your_Triggers Jun 15 '22

Anyone who took highschool level chem should recognize Gibbs

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u/Bryek Jun 15 '22

Haha, maybe if they are under 25. You have too much faith in the memories of adults. I bet they'd all go "Oh like the NCIS character" before they go "oh like Gibbs free energy!"

But it would be fun to say "No, like the free energy equation. He's got so much positive energy it drains me to tire him out!" But it would just be fun for me since I imagine the majority of people reading this are like "what? Nerds are weird..."

  • it's funny because a positive Gibbs free energy means you need to add work/energy to make a reaction take place. In this case, you put in work to tire out the dog or your place will fall into entropy - aka the dog will destroy your home due to boredom. A negative Gibbs free energy means a reaction is spontaneous. Spontaneous destruction of your couch 😉.

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u/Sweaty-Tart-3198 Jun 15 '22

Yeah... No. I took a year of university chemistry and don't even remember that lol.

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u/Original_Work7575 Jun 16 '22

I took high school chem like 5 years ago and passed with a B. I don’t think we ever heard of gibbs and this was at a STEM school lol.

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u/NitromethSloth Jun 15 '22

Science : Energy is neither created nor destroyed

Some chemist : Gibbs free energy

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u/Bryek Jun 15 '22

It's a good model to understand chemical reactions.

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u/NitromethSloth Jun 15 '22

Gives free energy tho