Given the following reaction and its enthalpy change, and the sign of the entropy change that you get using what you know of trends in entropy, S, when is this reaction spontaneous?            2 ClO2 (g)   +  2 TiCl4 (l)    →     2 TiO2 (s)   +   5 Cl2 (g)         Delta H =  – 343.8 kJ   Select one: a. This reaction is spontaneous at lower temperatures, but not at higher temperatures. b. This reaction is spontaneous at higher temperatures, but not at lower temperatures. c. This reaction is never spontaneous. d. none of these e. This reaction is spontaneous at all temperatures.

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 Given the following reaction and its enthalpy change, and the sign of the entropy change that you get using what you know of trends in entropy, S, when is this reaction spontaneous?
           2 ClO2 (g)   +  2 TiCl4 (l)    →     2 TiO2 (s)   +   5 Cl2 (g)         Delta H =  – 343.8 kJ
 
Select one:
a. This reaction is spontaneous at lower temperatures, but not at higher temperatures.
b. This reaction is spontaneous at higher temperatures, but not at lower temperatures.
c. This reaction is never spontaneous.
d. none of these
e. This reaction is spontaneous at all temperatures.
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