Talk:Endergonic reaction
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[edit] Please do not merge these separate 6 pages
The merge debate goes back to '05 (see: Talk:Endergonic). The result of the debate was to not merge. Moreover, it is standard protocol, e.g. according to both The Essential Dictionary of Science (Clark 2004) and the A to Z Dictionary of Thermodynamics (Perrot 1998), to have separate entries for such closely-related but subtly-different topics such as:
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- Exothermic – a process or reaction that involves the release of energy; usually in the form of heat.
- Exothermic reaction – a chemical reaction in which heat is give out.
As well as for the other terms: endothermic, endothermic reaction, etc. For example, the melting of an ice-cube is an endothermic process; combustion evolves an exothermic reaction, warm-blooded animals are endothermic, arguing with other Wikipedians is an endergonic activity, etc. Help us expand on these separate stubs, but please don't merge. Wikipedia has unlimited storage space. Articles are sure to grow. Thanks:--Sadi Carnot 17:30, 22 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] "Making Endergonic reactions happen" is misleading
Endergonic reactions never happen. The methods in the "Making Endergonic reactions happen" section don't make endergonic reactions happen; instead they change endergonic reactions into exergonic ones. For example, the first one ("Pull") decreases the concentration, and therefore the chemical potential, of the products, which causes ΔGr to decrease until it becomes negative, i.e. the reaction becomes exergonic. Semantics, or crucial distinction? You decide, because I have to finish my thermodynamics homework. —Keenan Pepper 02:57, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
- The article defines an endergonic reaction as one for which the standard change in free energy is positive. Jheald 08:41, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
