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A thermodynamically favorable reaction is one that releases energy (exothermic) and increases the disorder or randomness (entropy) of the system. These reactions occur spontaneously under certain conditions.

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The decomposition of diamond to graphite is thermodynamically favorable. Why does this reaction not occur at an observable rate?
A chemical reaction is found to be at equilibrium where the K is very small. The reaction is found to be endothermic and at 298 K it is found to be thermodynamically favorable. What is one way that the reaction can be made to most favor the product in the lab?

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