Thermodynamics: all about “if”<br>• tells whether or not a process or a reaction can occur (is there a decrease in free energy?)<br>• applicable to systems in stable or metastable equilibrium<br>• sufficient driving force is needed to enforce a favorable transformation,.<br>Kinetics: all about “how”<br>• how fast or slow a process can occur, i.e., determining the rate<br>• applicable to systems in transition from nonequilibrium to equilibrium, or between two<br>equilibrium states<br>• kinetics of a process is generally about how to overcome the energy barrier to finish the<br>transformation from the starting (reactant) state to the final (product) state.
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