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Gibbs function
noun
the thermodynamic function of a system that is equal to its enthalpy minus the product of its absolute temperture and entropy: a decrease in the function is equal to the maximum amount of work available exclusive of that due to pressure times volume change during a reversible, isothermal, isobaric process.
Gibbs function
/ ɡɪ /
noun
Also called: Gibbs free energy. free enthalpy. G. F.a thermodynamic property of a system equal to the difference between its enthalpy and the product of its temperature and its entropy. It is usually measured in joules Compare Helmholtz function
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of Gibbs function1
Named after J. W. Gibbs
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of Gibbs function1
C19: named after Josiah Willard Gibbs (1839–1903), US physicist and mathematician
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