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Justify the following statements `:`
(a)Reactions with `DeltaG^(@) lt 0`always have an equilibrium constant greater than 1.
(b)Many thermodynamically enthalpy feasible reactions do not occur under ordinary conditions.
(c ) At low temperature , enthalpy change dominates the `DeltaG` expression and at high temperatures, it is entropy whch dominatest the value of `DeltaG`.

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(a)Aready discussed already
(b) Under ordinary conditions, the average energy of the reactants may be less than threshold energy. They requiresome activation energy to initiate the reaction.
(c )`DeltaG = DeltaH - T DeltaS`. At low temperature, `TDeltaS` is small . Hence,`DeltaH ` dominates. At high temperatures,`T DeltaS` is large, ie., `DeltaS` dominates the value of `DeltaG`.
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