Monday, April 22, 2019

Does minimizing ANY type of energy ALWAYS predict a state of equilibrium?


My intuition says no, but I am having trouble coming up with concrete examples.


I know that minimizing Gibbs free energy predicts a state of equilibrium, while minimizing kinetic or internal energy does not correspond to equilibrium. However, I am not so sure about potential energy--- when PE is at a minimum, is the system also at equilibrium?




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